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Architectural drawing of two bedroom residential home in Boulder City, Nevada, preliminary front elevation, 1962

Date

1962

Description

Drawing of front exterior elevation for a two bedroom ranch-style house in Boulder Green development, Boulder City, Nevada.
Site Name: Boulder Green

Architecture Period: Mid-Century Modernist

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Film transparency of Big Bertha near Boulder City, Nevada, circa October 2, 1933

Date

1933-10-02

Description

Black and white image of "Big Bertha" with the following printed description: Six Companies, Inc. motor transport hauling workmen between Boulder City and the dam. This double decked truck hauls 154 men.

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Photograph of the Flying Boat hull being moved form the hangar, Culver City, California, 1946

Date

1946

Description

The Flying Boat hull being moved from the Culver City plant to a dock on Terminal Island in Long Beach, California. A crowd of onlookers is gathered to watch.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes with Senator Harry P. Cain, Culver City, California, August 16, 1947

Date

1947-08-16

Description

A view of Howard Hughes (left) being asked about his controversial XF-11 photo reconnaissance plane by Senator Harry Cain (right), Republican of Washington, in Culver City, California.

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Film transparency showing the first grocery in Boulder City, Nevada, April 18, 1931

Date

1931-04-18

Description

A black and white image of the first grocery in an area known as Ragtown near the Hoover Dam construction site at Black Canyon, not far from Boulder City. Standing in front (from left to right) are W.F. Shields, Harry Buchanan (the chef), and Shields' wife. The sign above the store reads: "Free Information Bureau. Home farm products. Elevation here 2442 ft. Damsite 642 ft."

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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother July 8, 1907

Date

1907-06-08

Archival Collection

Description

Letter to his mother. There is a list of photographs by number with a description of each. He briefly addressed the festivities of July 4th, including the fact that there were no fireworks because of the high risk of fires.

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Photograph of governor's mansion, Carson City, Nevada, circa 1908-1909

Date

1908 to 1909

Description

Nevada Governor's Mansion built at a cost of $22,700. It later underwent renovation, financed largely by private funding.

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Film transparency of a man at Government Park, Boulder City, Nevada, 1936

Date

1936

Archival Collection

Description

An unidentified man standing next to a car at Government Park, which is now called Wilbur Square Park.

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Film transparency of American Legion Hall, Boulder City, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

Photograph of the American Legion Hall.

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