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Photographs of prayer dedication of the Boulder Dam site, circa 1931

Date

1931 (year approximate)

Description

Two views of the assembled guests present for the dedicatory prayer of the Hoover Dam construction site.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from the back of Photo 1: "Dedicatiary (sic) site of Boulder Dam, 1-r, 4- Mrs. Thomas, 5- Art Ham Sr., 6- Bess Pembroke (white hat), 7- Ata Ham (lt. tweed coat), 8- Nana Lightfoot, 9- Mrs. Minetti, 10- Mrs. Martin, 1st row- far right Harley Harmon." Transcribed from facsimile accompanying Photo 2: "Prayer; dedication of damsite (sic), r-1, 6- Nellie Martin, 7- Bess Pembroke, 8- "Nana" Lightfoot, 9- Roy Martin, 10- Art Ham, Sr."

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Photograph of camp site kitchen, circa 1962-1963

Date

1962 (year approximate) to 1963 (year approximate)

Description

An interior view of a camp site kitchen

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Site preparation, plot plan, and permits, 2000-2001

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

Lee and Sakahara architectural firm, LF Harris Construction, City of Las Vegas site improvement permit

Archival Collection

Junior League of Las Vegas' Records on the Morelli House Preservation Project
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Collection Number: MS-00836
Collection Name: Junior League of Las Vegas' Records on the Morelli House Preservation Project
Box/Folder: Box 02

Archival Component

Slide of Bill Vincent en route to the Reclaim the Test Site demonstrations near the Nevada Test Site, March 12, 1988

Date

1988-03-12

Description

Color image of Bill Vincent en route to a 10-day protest known as "Reclaim the Test Site" that was organized by American Peace Test, an anti-nuclear testing group.

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Guidebook for Backcountry Travel at the Nevada Nuclear Test Site and Nevada Test Site camping related items, undated

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Greenpeace Pacific Southwest Records
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Collection Number: MS-00363
Collection Name: Greenpeace Pacific Southwest Records
Box/Folder: Box 02

Archival Component

Report on the Geologic Features of the Boulder Canyon and Black Canyon Dam Sites and Reservoir Sites, 1923 April 26

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

David Donovan Collection on Hydrology and Geology
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Collection Number: MS-00813
Collection Name: David Donovan Collection on Hydrology and Geology
Box/Folder: Box 37

Archival Component

Nevada Test Site Project Reports, 1956-2014

Level of Description

Sub-Series

Scope and Contents

The Nevada Test Site Project Reports subseries focuses on the various above ground and underground tests that took place in Nevada from 1956 through 1963. There is information regarding the overall testing process and its effects on ground personnel. The specific projects are represented by a special code name, i.e., Roller Coaster, and contain statistics, characteristics of each blast, projections for future blasts, and radiation assessments. Additional census reports from the main government contractor of the test site, Reynolds Electric and Engineering Company, Inc., are also included.

Archival Collection

Alice P. Broudy Papers on Broudy v. United States
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Collection Number: MS-00097
Collection Name: Alice P. Broudy Papers on Broudy v. United States
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Photograph of atomic test site in Nevada, Circa 1960

Date

1960

Description

Oversize color image of Atomic bomb exploding at Nevada Test Site.

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Nevada Test Site, image 002: photographic print

Date

1970-11-02

Description

Nevada Test Site (Miscellaneous). Horse corral. Typewritten on photo sleeve: "When vigilantes pursued pesarados through the test site" [Caption in N[evada] T[est] S[ite] News Feb. 12, 1965 p. 1]

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