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Photograph of the top of the St. Thomas, Nevada school, Lake Mead, circa June, 1938
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Archival Collection
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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."
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Letter and envelope from Mary Etta Syphus, Provo City, Utah to John M Bunker, Logan City, Utah
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Archival Collection
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From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, an envelope, a typed transcription of the same letter, and a copy of original letter attached.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes with Fiorello La Guardia and Grover Whalen, New York, July 12, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, with Ed Lund, Grover Whalen, Harry Connor, Richard Stoddart, and Lieutenant Thomas Thurlow, July 10, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of the Boulder City Junior-Senior High School, Boulder City, Nevada, 1949
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Archival Collection
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Letter from Leavitt L. Keene to R. T. Walker, April 15, 1918
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Archival Collection
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Transcript of interview with Alfred "Al" Isola by Stephen Kalish, March 15, 1976
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Archival Collection
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On March 15, 1976, Stephen Kalish interviewed Alfred “Al” Isola (born August 3rd, 1917 in Oakland, California) in his office about his garbage company and early Southern Nevada. The two discuss Las Vegas’ lack of a unified garbage system and how dumping sites have had to adjust their practices in order to limit their impact on pollution. Isola also explains the different disposal protocols for wet and dry trash. On the second tape of the interview, an unidentified woman enters the conversation.
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