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Photograph of a view looking east from Bonnie Claire Mill, Bonnie Claire (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Caption: Looking due east from Bonnie Claire Mill. Montana Station under x taken from mill

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Letter from R. T. Walker to Pacific Audit & System Company, May 2, 1918

Date

1918-05-02

Description

Letter advises of a potential employee not reporting to the Techatticup Mine.

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Film transparency of a group of unidentified men drilling for oil in the Las Vegas valley, Nevada, circa 1930-1932

Date

1928 to 1935

Description

A group of unidentified men drilling for oil in the Las Vegas valley, Nevada, circa 1930-1932. The original image has been damaged.

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Film transparency of wooden floats in a Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1930

Date

1928 to 1932

Description

Several wooden structures on floats in a Labor Day Parade in Las Vegas, Nevada. There is a banner over the road advertising the Nevada Garage, and a truck towing a wooden building has a sign advertising the Las Vegas Lumber Co., Building Material, Phone 372. the photo was taken circa 1930. The original image has been damaged.

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Postcard showing a flagpole base engraved with a memorial inscription, Hoover Dam, September 30, 1935

Date

1935-09-30

Archival Collection

Description

An image of the inscribed flagpole base located between the Winged Figures of the Republic sculptures at Boulder Dam. The base is engraved with a memorial inscription regarding the construction of the dam: "It is fitting that the flag of our country should fly here in honor of those men who, inspired by a vision of lonely lands made fruitful, conceived this great work and those others whose genius and labor made that vision a reality." Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Ronzone, Richard James, 1917-1989

Richard “Dick” J. Ronzone (1917-1989) was active in the local politics and civic affairs of Las Vegas, Nevada, serving as a Clark County Commissioner, a Nevada State Assemblyman, and a member of the University Board of Regents. He inherited and managed his family's retail store which dated back to the early 1900s. Ronzone also helped develop the Municipal Golf Course and was active in the Elks Lodge, Rotary Club, Veterans Of Foreign Wars, Reserve Officers Association, and the Boulder Dam Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

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