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United States National Park Service Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00189

Abstract

The United States National Park Service Photograph Collection is comprised of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives from approximately 1925 to 1950. Images include construction and remediation projects in Boulder City, Nevada; including Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, and the surrounding recreation area. Also included are images of the Lost City Museum in Overton, Nevada and Fort Churchill in Lyon County, Nevada; construction of tourist facilities at the Valley of Fire in southern Nevada; and landscapes taken along the Colorado River in Arizona and Utah.

Archival Collection

Larry and Juanita Barr and Steven Gibson oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00164

Abstract

Oral history interview with Larry and Juanita Barr, with Steven Gibson conducted by Margery Waters on March 27, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. The Barrs and Gibson talk about African Americans in Las Vegas, Nevada, working on the Hoover (Boulder) Dam, living in tents, early entertainers, and early development in Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

Film transparency of Federal-State Employment Office, Las Vegas, circa 1931-1936

Date

1931 to 1936

Archival Collection

Description

An image of a crowd of prospective Hoover Dam workers standing outside of the Federal-State Employment Office in Las Vegas. Transcribed from text across the bottom of the image: "Prospective workers for Hoover Dam - Las Vegas, Nev. -Oakes." Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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