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Photograph of the top of the St. Thomas, Nevada school, Lake Mead, circa June, 1938

Date

1938 (year approximate)

Description

The remains of the St. Thomas school building about to disappear under the waters of Lake Mead.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "The last of a once modern high school building (St. Thomas) about to disappear forever."

Image

Letter from H. H. Larson (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), August 26, 1938

Date

1938-08-26

Archival Collection

Description

Larson asking Bracken if it was still the policy of the company to not sell water to an institution like the Railroad Pass Casino.

Text

The Battle for Peace by Jones, F. Elwyn. Victor Gollancz LTD, 1938

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
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Collection Number: MS-01144
Collection Name: Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
Box/Folder: No Container 00

Archival Component

Photograph of Howard Hughes, with Ed Lund, Grover Whalen, Harry Connor, Richard Stoddart, and Lieutenant Thomas Thurlow, July 10, 1938

Date

1938-07-10

Description

Howard Hughes (wearing hat and white shirt) being interviewed by media as before beginning his around-the-world event in 1938.

Image

George Francis Robert Bell, age one month on the baby scales, probably 1938 July

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Walking Box Ranch Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00346
Collection Name: Walking Box Ranch Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Rotary International meeting, including Cyril Wengert, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1938-1940

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Wengert Family Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00046
Collection Name: Wengert Family Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 04

Archival Component

Rotary International meeting, including Cyril Wengert, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1938-1940

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Wengert Family Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00046
Collection Name: Wengert Family Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 04

Archival Component

A woman and three men posed in front of trees and a house in Caliente, Nevada: photographic print, 1938

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Hazel Baker Denton Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00312
Collection Name: Hazel Baker Denton Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02

Archival Component

Gar Wood boat on Lake Mead: photographic print, approximately 1938 to 1945

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

James Cashman Sr. Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00013
Collection Name: James Cashman Sr. Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 05

Archival Component

Original staff of the Tango Parlor with Bill Harrah in the back, Harrah's Reno: photographic print, 1938

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00331
Collection Name: Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01

Archival Component