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Postcard of downtown Viginia City, Nevada, circa 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

An exterior view of the Territorial Enterprise Building and Mark Twain Museum in downtown Virginia City.

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Transcript of interview with Sara Denton by Claytee White, July 13, 2015

Date

2015-07-13

Description

Sara Denton loves life, laughter, and wonderful adventures. She is the mother of four children, a Distinguished Nevadan, lover of books and art, political campaign organizer, community activist, and friend. Sara is one of the founders of Boulder City’s most successful philanthropic fundraisers, Art in the Park. Denton was born in Paducah, Kentucky, into a family of readers and thinkers. Therefore, when the opportunity arose, at 18 years of age, to move the Washington, DC to work in the Signal Corps, she seized the opportunity. From the vantage point of her apartment, she could see the Secret Service assisting Franklin D. Roosevelt into his limousine at the back door of the White House. His polio was hidden from the public but this diversion allowed Sara and her friends to greet and be greeted by their hero. While in DC, Sara worked for General Hayes and one day struck up a conversation with a young soldier, Ralph Denton. Soon they married and moved to his home state, Nevada. After several years in Elko, NV, the Dentons moved to Las Vegas where Sara worked in the campaigns of Grant Sawyer, Howard Cannon, and Alan Bible. Moving the family to Boulder City though, was the wisest relocation by the family because the children grew up in a caring community with good schools. And the city provided the opportunity for Sara’s creativity to flow in many directions including travel, entrepreneurship, philanthropy, and community building efforts. This interview is filled with laughter. I enjoyed the conversation.

Text

Towns and Cities, 1890-1972

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

Materials include photographs of Boulder City, Caliente, Moapa Valley, Panaca, and Pioche, Nevada from 1890-1972.

Archival Collection

Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00214
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, September 20, 1933

Date

1933-09-20

Description

The grayscale view from an unidentified park of Boulder City, Nevada.

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R. B. Gray, Heber City, Utah; damage to buildings in a business district, including O. Edstrom Harness & Shoe Repairing; metal debris, possibly an overturned railroad car, 1912 July

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Ferron and Bracken Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00001
Collection Name: Ferron and Bracken Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 11

Archival Component

2007 March and July

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Humanist Association of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada (HALVASON) Newsletters
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Collection Number: MS-00737
Collection Name: Humanist Association of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada (HALVASON) Newsletters
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, March 22, 1935

Date

1935-03-22

Description

The distant, grayscale view of residences located in Boulder City, Nevada. This particular angle was is directed towards the Lake Mead reservoir.

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