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Film strip of individuals or Hoover Dam construction, image 010: photographic print
Date
1930 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
This photograph has three images. The first one (0272_0075) reads,"'Form Raising Crew,' 'Chris' the Boss - Webfoot 'Oregon' - Alright boys; let's go over the top - Reeve and I had the guts to climb over a swinging panel. If it was a large panel Slim would climb over after we secured it with a bolt on each end." The second image (0272_0076) reads, "'Form Raising Crew' - Pal Jake 'Georgia' - Georgia Cracker. ([Georgia as in:] 'Whar's the hammah? Who's got the bahr')." The third one (0272_0077) shows a particular day on site a week after Reeve's seventeenth birthday themed "something for the kid." The inscription reads, "The Crew. This form is hooked up to 'A' frame bars you see in foreground, is used to pry form from cement after it has been unbolted. Then it is jacked up to position and bolted up. Then load your 'A' frame - jacks, and block & tackle, and move to another job - some high pours have four panels - all swinging."
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Film strip of Boulder City or Hoover Dam construction, image 022: photographic print
Date
1930 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
This photograph has four images. The first one (0272_0104) reads, "Union [Pacific] Station sitting at the end of Fremont St. West - A beautiful promenade lost forever in oblivion." The second one (0272_0105) shows the Clark County Court House. The handwritten inscription reads "Hireing hall (slave market) for dam, was just across the street. Men waiting for a chance to be hired, would gather on court house lawn, under the shade of trees - No 'Keep of the grass' here, as they were in my town. Gave me a feeling of doing something wrong when I walked on the grass." The third image (0272_0106) has the caption of "'Death Valley Scotty's' Castle." The fourth one (0272_0107) depicts the historic 20-mule team borax wagons, at Death Valley near Las Vegas.
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Cleo Renee, Gordon Stafford, Guy Doran, Poppy Lane, and Bobby Sothern at the Kit Kat Club, located at 2501 East Charleston Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital image
Date
1943 to 1944
Archival Collection
Description
From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: The address given for the Kit Kat Club is approximate as it stood on the outskirts of Las Vegas at what then was known as "Five Points": the intersection of East Charleston Boulevard, East Fremont Street, and the Boulder Highway [at this location today noted as the extension of East Fremont Street]. ... This photograph belongs to the Clark County Museum. ... For more on the Kit Kat Club, see Out of the Neon Closet: Queer Community in the Silver State, by Dennis McBride [North Charleston, South Carolina: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform], p. 56. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: female impersonators Cleo Renee; Gordon Stafford; Guy Doran; Poppy Lane; Bobby Sothern
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Meeting at the Moulin Rouge Hotel coffee shop to end segregation on the Las Vegas Strip: photographic print
Date
1960-03
Archival Collection
Description
From the Marie and James B. McMillan Photograph Collection (PH-00334). Clockwise from left: Woodrow Wilson (NAACP), Lubertha M. Warden Johnson, Bob Bailey (NAACP), Clesse Turner (County Commissioner), Butch W.E. Leypoldt (Sheriff), Hank Greenspun (Las Vegas Sun), James B. McMillan (President of the NAACP), Oran Gragson (Mayor), Dr. Charles I. West, Ray K. Sheffer (Chief of Police), Art Olsen (County Commissioner), possibly J. David Hoggard, and Donald Clark (NAACP).
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Photograph of Powell Commemorative Ceremony, Lake Powell, June 19, 1969
Date
1969-06-19
Archival Collection
Description
The unveiling of a plaque dedicated to the memory of Major John Wesley Powell at a Powell Commemorative Ceremony on Lake Powell. From left to right, the individuals identified are Governor Jack Williams of Arizona; Chairman Raymond Nakai of the Navajo Tribal Council; James R. Smith, Assistant Secretary of the Interior; and Governor Calvin L. Rampton of Utah. The plaque reads as follows: "Lake Powell; Major John Wesley Powell led scientific exploration parties down the Green and Colorado Rivers in 1869 and in 1871-72. Years later Powell became a leader in government science programs, headed the U. S. Geological Survey and the Bureau of American Ethnology, and advocated enlightened land and water conservation policies which resulted in the passage of the Reclamation Act of 1902. In commemoration of his courage, his wisdom, and his years of public service, the reservoir behind Glen Canyon Dam as been named Lake Powell."
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Slide of the Callville ruins, Callville, Nevada, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
A view of the Callville ruins at Lake Mead, Nevada. Callville is a former settlement of Clark County, Nevada. Abandoned in 1869, Callville was submerged under 400 feet (120 m) of water after the Colorado River was dammed to form Lake Mead. Callville Bay recreation area is located at the site. Located 350 miles (560 km) from Salt Lake City, Calville was situated on the west bank of the Colorado River, in what was at the time Pah-Ute County, Arizona Territory. The main road to the settlement was along the Virgin River close to St. Thomas, Nevada before heading over hills to the west. A road connected Callville with the main highway at Las Vegas. Callville was established in December 2, 1864 by Anson Call, Dr. James M. Whitmore, A. M. Cannon, Jacob Hamblin and son. It was at the time the southernmost outpost of Mormon settlement. Callville was one of seven Mormon settlements on or near the Muddy River, the others being St. Thomas, Saint Joseph, Overton, West Point, Mill Point later Simonsville and Rioville on the Colorado River above its confluence with the Virgin River. Callville became the county seat of Pah-Ute County, Arizona Territory, in December 1865, before the seat was moved on October 1, 1867 to St. Thomas.
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Photograph of Bonanza Airline Officers and Station Managers, Las Vegas, November 27, 1962
Date
1962-11-27
Archival Collection
Description
Bonanza Airline Officers and Station Managers in Las Vegas, Nevada. From left to right, the seated men in the first row include: Frank Chabot (Treasurer), Noland Ryan (Assistant to President), General Joe Battley (Sands Executive), G. Robert Henry (Executive Vice President), and Thomas Magners (Regional Manager of Stations). From left to right, the men standing in the back row include: Glenn Woods (Reno), Blaine Barney (Cedar City), Ed Wolfe (Las Vegas), Larry Ecklund (Blyth), Henry Puryear (Yuma), Ray Vaughn (Santa Ana), and Robert Yeager (El Centro).
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Photograph of Cyd Charisse and Dan Dailey during the filming of "Meet Me in Las Vegas," Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1955-1956
Date
1950 to 1956
Archival Collection
Description
Publicity photo of Cyd Charisse and Dan Dailey walking outside the Sands Hotel. Typed description provided on the back of the image: "PLACE… in the sun… the desert sun! On location at the fabulous resort Dan Dailey and Cyd Charisse enjoy a stroll near the famed Sands Hotel. "Meet Me in Las Vegas" is M-G-M's colorful invitation to sparkling entertainment, set in the fabulous desert resort with an outstanding cast headed by Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse, Liliane Montevecchi, Agnes Moorehead, Oscar Karlweis, Lili Darvas, and Paul Henreid. Adding their diversified talents to the CinemaScope musical are guest stars Jerry Colonna, Sammy Davis, Jr., Lena Horne, Frankie Laine, Peter Lorre, Frank Sinatra, the Slate Brothers, and Japanese singing discovery Mitsuko Sawamura. Nicholas Brodszky and Sammy Cahn wrote the music, with Joe Pasternak producing and Roy Rowland directing."
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Panoramic photograph of Goldfield, Nevada, circa 1905-1908
Date
1905 to 1908
Archival Collection
Description
Panoramic photograph of Goldfield, Nevada with some mines, businesses and significant sites identified. Caption: "The City of Goldfield and some of the mines which have made it famous." "Compliments of the Goldfield Ledge Mining, Co., Exchange Building, Denver, Colorado." Identified: Kendall [Mine]; Columbia Mountain; Sandstorm [Mine]; Electric Transformer Station; Black Butte in Diamondfield; January Mine; Combination Mine; Jumbo Town; Jumbo Mine; St. Ives [Mine]; Florence Mine; Blue Bull Mine; Simmerone Mine; Moose [Goldfield Mining Co.]; Piute; Goldfield Ledge Company's Mines; Schwab-McKane; Dixie [Mine]; Windsor [Mining Co.]; The American Milling & Reduction Co.; Grand St. & Park; Steam Laundry; Catholic Church; Miners' Union Hall; Nixon Bank Building; Fesler Block; Monte Carlo [Saloon]; Main Street; Casson & Ish Mercantile; Hotel Site; Post Office; Columbia St.; Atlanta [Mine]; New Western Reduction Co.; Electric Light Plant; Goldfield Brewing Co.
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Photograph of people planting first tree in the courthouse park, Las Vegas in March 1911
Date
1911-03
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photo taken by C. P. Squires on the occasion of planting the first tree in the courthouse park, Las Vegas, Nevada. Date, March 1911, as near as can be fixed. The building shown at left is the first Clark County Court House (now used for Las Vegas City Library) which had been constructed by popular subscription by Las Vegas Business men as promised by them during the county division campaign in 1908-1909. This building provided sufficient quarters for the county offices for five years, following which, the present court house was built. Persons shown, so far as their identity can be remembered are: holding the tree- Ed W. Clark and using the shovel is Judge E. J. L Taber. Others, left to right: Charlie Ronnow, Judge W. R. Thomas, unidentified, unidentified, Bob Dillon, Frank A. Stevens, Harley A. Harmon, and Dr. Roy W. Martin.
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