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Letter from Frederick F. Barker to the Directors of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, circa 1950
Date
1948 to 1952
Archival Collection
Description
Discussion of the feasibility of bringing water from Lake Mead to Las Vegas
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Film transparency of people in the visitors' gallery in a power plant at Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s
Date
1937 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
An image of the visitors' gallery inside the Hoover Dam powerhouse packed full of people. Hand-printed text at bottom of image reads: "Visitors gallery, Power Plant, Boulder Dam." Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Photograph of the construction workers of Hoover Dam, 1935
Date
1935
Archival Collection
Description
A group of construction workers that made Boulder Dam get together to take a picture. The man in middle is boss of crew at Boulder Dam, Doc Lawson. All of the crew built/was in charge of center section of power house, machine shops, seismograph room, clock room & battery room. Merlin S. Murphy absent with injury. Taken the summer of 1935.
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