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Photograph of dam construction, Hoover Dam, February 10, 1932
Date
1932-02-10
Archival Collection
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)
Image
Photograph of concrete mixing plant, Hoover Dam, March 28, 1932
Date
1932-03-28
Archival Collection
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)
Image
Photograph of ruins of the Mormon Fort, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1931
Date
1929 to 1933
Archival Collection
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.)
Image
Film transparency of the gravel testing laboratory, Las Vegas, September 20, 1929
Date
1929-09-20
Archival Collection
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.)
Image
Film transparency of the gravel testing laboratory, Las Vegas, September 20, 1929
Date
1929-09-20
Archival Collection
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.)
Image
Photograph of John Cahlan and others, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 16, 1980
Date
1980-09-16
Archival Collection
Description
John F. Cahlan, left, coordinator of Las Vegas' Diamond Jubilee, unveils a plaque at Second and Lewis Streets, the former site of the city's first school. On the right is Ruth Fyfe, a veteran teacher. Originally the Salt Lake Hotel, the building was remodeled and converted to a grammar school in 1905 with about 200 students. The site is now a parking lot.
Image
Telegram from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), June 3, 1931
Date
1931-06-03
Archival Collection
Description
Bracken informing Knickerbocker that it is not legally possible for the water company to install water meters on the lines going to Industrial Unit No. 1.
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