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View of the Olympic Peninsula, Washington: photographic print

Date

1944-10

Description

From the Nan Doughty Photograph Collection (PH-00240)

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Photograph of Pueblo Grande de Nevada, 1926

Date

1926

Description

A crew performing an excavation at Pueblo Grande de Nevada, also known as the "Lost City," near Overton, Nevada. Description provided with image: "At the Lost City Dig-1926."

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Photograph of John Perkins, Pueblo Grande de Nevada, 1926

Date

1926

Description

John Perkins posing at Pueblo Grande de Nevada, also known as the "Lost City," near Overton, Nevada.

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Photograph of ruins of the Mormon Fort, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1931

Date

1929 to 1933

Description

Abandoned adobe buildings at the Mormon Fort site (now known as the Old Mormon Fort), Las Vegas, Nevada. Site Name: Las Vegas Mormon Fort (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of dam construction, Hoover Dam, February 10, 1932

Date

1932-02-10

Description

Construction site of the Boulder Dam, now known as Hoover Dam. Marion electric drag line with 5 cubic yard capacity bucket loading gravel. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)

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Photograph of concrete mixing plant, Hoover Dam, March 28, 1932

Date

1932-03-28

Description

Low-level concrete mixing plant at the construction site of Boulder Dam, now called Hoover Dam. Picture taken using telephoto lens. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)

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Film transparency of the gravel testing laboratory, Las Vegas, September 20, 1929

Date

1929-09-20

Description

Black and white image of the gravel testing laboratory at the site of the former Stewart Ranch, also known as the Las Vegas Ranch. Site Name: Las Vegas Ranch (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Film transparency of the gravel testing laboratory, Las Vegas, September 20, 1929

Date

1929-09-20

Description

Black and white image of the gravel testing laboratory at the site of the former Stewart Ranch, also known as the Las Vegas Ranch. Site Name: Las Vegas Ranch (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Transcript of interview with Lomie Heard by Stephen Singer, February 9, 1980

Date

1980-02-09

Description

On February 9, 1980, collector Stephen M. Singer interviewed schoolteacher, Lomie Heard (born January 22nd, 1906 in Carlsbad, New Mexico) in her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. This interview covers education over the span of thirty years, and includes an overview on the building of the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Also discussed during this interview: Nellis Air Force Base, jet airplanes at Nellis, military families, and the Nevada Test Site.

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