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Hoover Dam album, image 015
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Hoover Dam album, image 016
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Hoover Dam album, image 003
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Hoover Dam album, image 007
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Bohn, Frank, 1878-1975
Frank Bohn (1878-1975) was best known as "an advocate of industrial unionism who was a founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World." Confirmed that this is the same Frank Bohn who edited Boulder Dam: From the Origin of the Idea to the Swing-Johnson Bill." New York: Joint Committee of National Utility Associations, 1927 (in UNLV Spec. Coll. TC557.5.H6 B62x 1927). -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Bohn_(socialist)
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Jackson Ferguson, Edna
Edna Jackson-Ferguson was born October 15, 1897 in Overbrook, Kansas. She married her husband, who worked on the construction of Hoover (Boulder) Dam, on May 17, 1923 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Before moving permanently to Las Vegas, Jackson-Ferguson was a teacher in Idaho. On July 1, 1930, the Jackson family made their way to Nevada, but they weren’t able to move to Boulder City until a year later after the town was built.
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John Nichols Photograph Collection
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The John Nichols Photograph Collection (approximately 1930-1950) is comprised of black-and-white photographic prints depicting the western region of the United States including Southern Nevada, the Hoover Dam (then known as Boulder Dam), Lake Mead, and various desert landscapes. Photographs were collected by former Las Vegas and Boulder City, Nevada resident, John Nichols, who is a longtime art collector and gallery owner based in California. The collection includes some photographs taken by American photographer Glenn Davis who was known for photographing the Las Vegas Valley and the construction of the Hoover Dam.
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Richard T. Chapter oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Richard T. Chapter conducted by Stan Hawkins on March 6, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview Stan Hawkins discusses the cost of living in Las Vegas, Nevada, Howard Hughes, the Boulder Dam, the Union Pacific Railroad, the old Mormon Fort, gambling, local businesses, and the weather in Las Vegas.
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