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Slide of Frazier Hall, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1958

Date

1958

Description

The view of Frazier Hall from Hulse at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Photograph of Las Vegas Hospital, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905-1910

Date

1905-19-10

Description

Old Las Vegas Hospital building surrounded by trees on both sides. [Taken 1905-1910]

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Postcard of Fremont Street, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1931

Date

1931

Description

Postcard with an illustration of Fremont street looking west at the hotels, stores, and traffic. The typed caption reads: "Looking west on Fremont Street, Las Vegas." Site Name: Fremont Street (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: Fremont Street

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Slide of the Las Vegas Club, Las Vegas, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

A picture of the Las Vegas Club at night. Vegas Vic can be seen in the background off to the right.

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Slide of the Las Vegas Club, Las Vegas, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

A picture of the Las Vegas Club at night. Vegas Vic can be seen in the background off to the right.

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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to William Reinhardt, July 19, 1950

Date

1950-07-19

Archival Collection

Description

Folger reporting that he attended a meeting on possible revisions to a water restrictions ordinance, and that he spoke in opposition to it being repealed.

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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles), September 8, 1948

Date

1948-09-08

Archival Collection

Description

Detail of some of the costs involved in connecting a new subdivision to the water company mains.

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Mary Eaton oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00515

Abstract

Oral history interview with Mary Eaton conducted by Dennis McBride on November 15, 1986 for the Boulder City Library Oral History Project. Eaton joined her husband Bruce in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1932, soon after he found work at the Hoover Dam building site. Within months of her arrival, the couple welcomed their first child and moved to Boulder City, Nevada. In this interview, Eaton recalls the early community formed by the wives of the dam workers, the establishment of the Grace Community Church and the death of the church's first pastor, "Parson Tom" Stevenson. She discusses the beginning of the school system in Boulder City and her career as an educator, as well as her involvement in numberous community projects and groups including the hospital and the Rainbow Club for young women.

Archival Collection

Photograph of railroad tunnel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1927

Date

1927

Description

Widening a railroad tunnel between Las Vegas and Caliente. The plan was to double track the Union Pacific Railroad (U.P.R.R.), but the Great Depression occurred and work was never completed. Iowa civil engineer John Muceus is working on the project.

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