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Photograph of Maude Frazier Hall construction, Nevada Southern University, circa 1957
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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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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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Photograph of the Circus Pizzeria, Circus Circus, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1970s
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Heidi Sarno with unidentified people, 1980s
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Dennis Ortwein oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Dennis Ortwein conducted by Claytee D. White on May 06, 2009 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Ortwein discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1956 and his various careers as an elementary school teacher, a junior high teacher, and an elementary school principal. He also discusses working at a teacher's college in Nigeria, being a church choir director, and his experience as a singer. He then talks about school integration in Las Vegas and above-ground nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site.
Archival Collection