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Press release about proposed expenditures from bond issue, Clark County, Nevada, 1953

Date

1953

Archival Collection

Description

News announcement release of the Las Vegas Valley Water District's spending plans for money raised from a $8,700,000 bond issue. The list was compiled by the district consulting engineer, James M. Montgomery and included improvement projects and their estimated cost. A document which detailed the voter registration process for the bond election is referenced below.

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Deal, L. Joe (Laurie Joe), 1924-2008

Laurie Joe Deal wa born on July 3, 1924 in Hickory, North Carolina. Laurie married Rosa Allen on April 26, 1958 and they had three children: David, Stephen, and James.

Deal obtained a bachelor of science degree in science and math from Lenoir Rhyne College.

Deal is associated with the Nevada Test Site as Director of the Civil Effects Group for the Application Englineering Company (AEC) and as a BioMed member of the Nevada Test Site planning board.

Person

Felt, Gaelen, 1922-

Dr. Gaelen Lee Felt was a scientist who was active during the height of atomic testing in the mid-twentieth century. He worked for the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory in New Mexico before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada. Felt worked on the Nevada Atomic Test Site and became deputy director of the site in 1955. He then worked for the firm Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier (EG & G), eventually becoming vice president of the company's technical support group. He served on the Nevada Board of Education beginning in 1965.

Person

Aerial photograph of the Hacienda resort, circa late 1950s

Date

1956 to 1960

Description

Site Name: Hacienda
Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of a woman in a go-kart in front of the Hacienda sign (Las Vegas), 1967

Date

1967

Description

Site Name: Hacienda
Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of men standing outside the Frisco Grocery, Tonopah (Nev.), 1901

Date

1901

Description

Clyde Jackson at left
Site Name: Frisco Grocery (Tonopah, Nev.)

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Photograph of men outside Gold Center Ice and Brewing Company, Gold Center (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1907

Description

Site Name: Gold Center Ice and Brewing Company (Gold Center, Nev.)

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Photograph of Exchange Hotel, Beatty (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Caption: Exchange Hotel
Site Name: Exchange Hotel (Beatty, Nev.)

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