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Photograph of Hoover Dam, Boulder City, 1950s
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Requests from Residents and Business Owners to City Officials of Las Vegas, Nevada
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The Requests from Residents and Business Owners to City Officials of Las Vegas, Nevada (1940) consist of formal petitions which were filed with the City of Las Vegas Clerk, and letters to the Mayor and City Commissioners dating from February 1, 1940 to December 4, 1940. The petitions, including one from the Westside Improvement Association, requested infrastructure improvements and zoning restrictions, while others criticized city government actions related to maintenance of public areas and inaction on previous petitions. Additional requests addressed commercial and residential zoning enforcement and clarification regarding new construction.
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Transcript of interview with Ashley Hall by Claytee White, September 2, 2015
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Ashley Hall was born April 3, 1943 in Caliente, Nevada. After high school, he worked for the Union Pacific Railroad at the Nevada Test Site as a cashier and as a signalman. He later attended Brigham Young University and the University of Nevada, Reno. After college, Hall served the City of Las Vegas in significant ways. Notably, as City Manager he was instrumental in the initial development of Summerlin, Nevada. Though he has retired from local politics, he remains active as the President of the Old Spanish Trail Association and as the U.S. Army Reserve Ambassador.
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Film transparency of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1931-1936
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Film transparency of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1937-1940s
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Photograph of house construction, Boulder City (Nev.), circa 1933
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of a capital building, Salt Lake City, Utah, circa 1900s
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Film transparency of houses in Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s-1940s
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