Description provided with image: "This view illustrates the crowded conditions attendant to the multi-purpose use of this small 26' x 15' room of the Legion Building. It is used as a beginner's band practice room, nurse's quarters for treatment and health inspection. It has also been used as a classroom for special remedial groups. Jan. 17, 1947, Boulder City , Nevada."

Aerial view of Boulder City at its "beginning" (Credit: W.A. Davis. He says "Taken from top of ridge near Railroad Pass. City is completed: water tower, school, railroad, Reclamation Building.")

A black and white image of a road with several makeshift homes in Ragtown, an area near the Hoover Dam construction site at Black Canyon, not far from Boulder City.

The view of an unidentified building being constructed in Boulder City. In the background of the photo the Shell Station can be seen on the corner of Nevada Way and Arizona Street.

A black and white image of many people at the gate leading into Boulder City "where men are hired."

Geologic formations southeast of Boulder City, Nevada.

Tourists arriving by bus in Boulder City, Nevada, 1931.