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Slide of makeshift homes in Boulder City, Nevada, March 13, 1931
Date
1931-03-13
Archival Collection
Description
A black and white image of a road with several makeshift homes in Ragtown, an area near the Hoover Dam construction site at Black Canyon, not far from Boulder City.
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Power lines lead towards Marinas at Hemenway Harbor, Lake Mead, Nevada: digital photograph
Date
2017-03-26
Archival Collection
Description
Power lines from Hoover Dam lead towards the marinas at Hemenway Harbor as seen from the Historic Railroad Trail in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
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Daly, Ralph W., 1903-1988
Ralph Daly (born in Texas on January 17, 1903) lived in Nevada for 26 years. Ralph worked in Oil Fields and a worker for the constuction of the Boulder (Hoover) Dam
Person
George Kelly Ryan Papers
Identifier
MS-00120
Abstract
The George Kelly Ryan papers (1921-1971) contain correspondence inquiring about Octavius Decatur "O. D." Gass, newspaper clippings from 1929, handwritten recollections of the Gold Ranch by Laura Royce, and a San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company information, including information on wash-outs in Nevada.
Archival Collection
Edwards, Luna, Paher, and unidentified people pose in front of Rafael Rivera statue at Old Vegas: photographic prints, image 003
Description
Hoover Dam and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Statue of Rafael Rivera at Old Vegas, Henderson, NV. (1978) L-R: unidentified; unidentified; Larry Luna (wearing black hat); Elbert Edwards (behind others, directly in front of statue); unidentified; unidentified; Stanley Paher (seated, light plaid shirt)
Transcript of interview with Juanita Kilburg by Vincente C. Camacho, March 7, 1981
Date
1981-03-07
Archival Collection
Description
On March 7, 1981, Vicente C. Camacho interviewed accounting clerk, Juanita Kilburg (born September 25th, 1923 in Los Angeles, California) on the second floor of the UNLV Dickinson Library. Kilburg explains how her family first moved to Southern Nevada and her father’s ties to the railroad. She then goes on to explain the growth of the military and Nellis Air Force Base. The interview concludes with a discussion on her work with the American Legion service organization.
Text
Portrait of Joseph E. Stevens: photographic print
Date
1988
Archival Collection
Description
From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Joseph E. Stevens, author, Hoover Dam: An American Adventure. (TC 557.5 H6 S74 1988)
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Photograph of mining town, Oatman (Ariz.), May 17, 1931
Date
1931-05-17
Archival Collection
Description
Old mining town of Oatman, Arizona in the center of the valley. It is 10 to 15 miles form Kingman, AZ and used to be on the main road to Kingman. Oatman settlement is near the Hoover dam site.
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Photograph of mine site, Sheep Mountain Range, October 25, 1931
Date
1931-10-25
Archival Collection
Description
Miners sit along the side of a mountain near a mine site in Nevada. Conflicting descriptions believe this to be Meyers Mine near Hoover Dam or the foothills of the Sheep Mountains next to a salt mine.
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