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Photograph album, Henry Wieking Collection, circa late 1920s-early 1930s
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Archival Collection
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Publications, 1930 to 1983
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Scope and Contents
The publications series (1930-1983) contains magazines, travel guides, tourist pamphlets, and maps of the Southwest United States. Materials include Las Vegas tourist magazines with advertisements for local hotels and events. Travel guides for areas such as Death Valley and Hoover Dam are indicative of Woodruff’s time as a tour operator for Riddle Yellow Cab Scenic Tours Co. and provide documentation for the growth of American travel and the development of national parks. The series also contains many Henderson Industrial Days publications, dating from 1960 to 1973.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Robert Woodruff Papers
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Work orders for additional pipelines to increase existing water supply line, Las Vegas, April -May 1931
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Archival Collection
Description
The first sheet, form 30, a work order authority for extensions and additions to the water supply line on the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company's property, includes a description of the work and the necessity for the work, with a total estimated expenditure. The second sheet, form 30-1, a work order authority with detailed estimated expenditures, includes an itemized list of the quantity and cost of parts and labor. Forms are accompanied by a map, referenced below, that includes colored outlines of existing and proposed facilities.
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Postcard of a boat on Lake Mead, circa late 1930s
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Archival Collection
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Boats at a Lake Mead marina, looking northeast in Lake Mead, Nevada: photographic slide
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Archival Collection
Description
This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.
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Carp surge for food at a Lake Mead marina in Lake Mead, Nevada: photographic slide
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Archival Collection
Description
This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.
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Carp surge for food at a Lake Mead marina in Lake Mead, Nevada: photographic slide
Date
Archival Collection
Description
This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.
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Carp surge for food at a Lake Mead marina in Lake Mead, Nevada: photographic slide
Date
Archival Collection
Description
This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.
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