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Film transparency of a general view of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1933-1940s
Date
1933 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
The view of buildings along Arizona Street in Boulder City, Nevada. On the left side of the street is the Boulder Cafe, with signs advertising the cafe across the top of the building. On the right side of the street lies the white Boulder Dam Hotel, which is located at 1305 Arizona Street on what was originally known as the Cardenas Plaza. Transcribed onto the roof of the hotel: "Boulder Dam Hotel."
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Transcript of interview with Edna Jackson-Ferguson, April 15, 1975
Date
1975-04-15
Archival Collection
Description
On April 15, 1975, Edna Jackson-Ferguson (born 1897 in Overbrook, Kansas) provided a narrative-style oral history about her and her husband Jack’s experiences during the building of the Hoover Dam. Jackson-Ferguson provides many details about the way of life living in the camp with workers of the dam, the tasks required of those workers in building the dam, and some of the actual processes of pouring the concrete for the structure. She also talks about food, transportation, weather, and entertainment during the time. To conclude the interview, Jackson-Ferguson mentions some of the other job positions her husband held and their pride in being a part of the Hoover Dam’s construction.
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