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Audio clip 1 from interview with Priscilla Schwartz, June 16, 2016
Description
In this clip, Pricilla Schwartz describes her Jewish education as a child
Warren A. Bechtel Album of Hoover Dam: photographic print
Date
1971-08-17
Description
p.20 #1411 - p.20 #1412 These pictures together with two on opposite page, form panorama of operations being carried on at canyon rim, on Nevada side. Photo was taken from Arizona Spillway site. To the left is shown Black Canyon Highway. High level mixing plant will be located behind fill on the road. To the right is shown highway extension road to Nevada Spillway. Note shovel boom projecting at former site of Lookout Point. Aug. 12, 1932. p.20 #1451 Three hundred boxes of dynamite were used in spectacular blast which demolished Lookout Point. Picture taken from new Look Point, on Black Canyon Highway. Aug. 16, 1932. p.20 #1452 Blasting usually scheduled for 11:30 a.m., and billowing dust dislodged from canyon rim completely fills the canyon. Aug. 16, 1932.
Warren A. Bechtel Album of Hoover Dam: photographic print
Date
1975-05-19
Description
Pg.28 #2653 View of Boulder Dam and the Nevada Intake Towers, taken from the Arizona side. "Monkey Slide" down Nevada abutment of Dam shown in center. April 28th, 1934. Pg.29 #2630 Looking upstream in Black Canyon, from the Nevada side, showing Boulder Dam and the Arizona Intake Towers in center. Arizona Spillway shown at upper right. Himix Plant at lower left, and Government Head Tower at lower right. April 17th, 1934 Pg.29 #2643 Unloading 81/2 ft. I.D. Valve House outlet pipe, with the Government Cableway. View taken on the Nevada Side, looking upstream. April 24th, 1934. Pg.28 #2625 Track layout above Himix and Cement Blending Plants, showing bins where rock and sand are dumped. April 17th, 1934.
Photograph album 1, Ferron-Bracken Collection, circa 1905-1935, page 3
Date
1905 to 1935
Description
Photograph in upper left corner identified as Irv Armstrong, 1907. Photograph in lower left corner identified as on the Colorado River, 1907. Photograph in upper right corner identified as Eldorado Cañon, 1907.
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Photograph album 1, Ferron-Bracken Collection, circa 1905-1935, page 23
Date
1905 to 1935
Description
Page includes photo of two men standing near the doorway of a brick building bearing the sign "F.R. McNamee, Lawyer."One of the men is dressed in traditional Chinese clothing.
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Photograph of Maurine Wilson at cliff dwellings in New Mexico, circa 1920s to 1940s
Date
1920 to 1940
Description
Maurine Wilson sitting in front of cliff dwellings, New Mexico. Note native pottery in cave.
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