View at Colorado River area near Hoover Dam site. Photographer W.A. Davis disagrees with the identification. He says, "Hills west (10 miles) of Las Vegas, Charleston range in background. Petroglyphs on the rocks, Rocks are red and yellow."
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.
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Alice P. Broudy Papers on Broudy v. United States
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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."