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Photograph of Maude Frazier Hall construction, Nevada Southern University, circa 1957
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Archival Collection
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Postcard of Mohawk Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), circa 1907
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of rubble near river, Hoover Dam, circa 1932
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of construction looking upstream of Hoover Dam, approximately 1932-1936
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of dam at night, Hoover Dam, 1934-1936
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Archival Collection
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Roosevelt Toston oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Roosevelt Toston conducted by Claytee D. White on July 11, 2006 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Toston discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in the 1950s and his various careers at the Test Site, Bell Telephone of Nevada, as a television anchorman and cameraman, and the Convention and Visitors Authority to bring conventions to Las Vegas. He also talks about ways African American entrepreneurs might get involved in the convention business.
Archival Collection
Linda Hartley oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Linda Hartley conducted by Pauline Marchese on March 10, 1978 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. During the interview, the two discuss Hartley’s personal history, such as schools that she had attended and her recollection of local recreational activities. The two go on to talk about changes in crime, the environment, and briefly discuss a variety of issues at the time, including: segregated schools, prostitution, and effects of the Nevada Test Site.
Archival Collection
Photograph of Mizpah Hotel, Tonopah (Nev.), 1907-1920
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Archival Collection
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Film transparency of high scalers working on Hoover Dam, August 15, 1932
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Archival Collection
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