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Minutes of meeting at City Hall council chambers regarding the best ways to control flooding in Southern Nevada, March 7, 1950
Date
1950-03-07
Archival Collection
Description
Meeting called to discuss the best ways to control flooding in Southern Nevada.
Text
Film negative of Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 21, 1961
Date
1961-12-21
Archival Collection
Description
Portrait of Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall. A certificate From Delta dated June 25, 1961 hangs on the wall behind him. Oran Kenneth Gragson (February 14, 1911 – October 7, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. He was the longest-serving mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1959 to 1975. Gragson, a member of the Republican Party, was a small business owner who was elected Mayor on a reform platform against police corruption and for equal opportunity for people of all socio-economic and racial categories. Gragson died in a Las Vegas hospice on October 7, 2002, at the age of 91. The Oran K. Gragson Elementary School located at 555 N. Honolulu Street, Las Vegas, NV 89110 was named in his honor.
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View of George Washington Bridge to the Verazano Bridge in Manhattan from across the Hudson River, New York City, New York: panoramic photograph, 1980 May 28
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Bob Paluzzi Panoramic Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00414
Collection Name: Bob Paluzzi Panoramic Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 04, Digital File 00
Collection Name: Bob Paluzzi Panoramic Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 04, Digital File 00
Archival Component
Photograph of Boulder City High School groundbreaking ceremony, Boulder City, Nevada, March 04, 1949
Date
1949-03-04
Archival Collection
Description
A groundbreaking ceremony for the Boulder City High School in Boulder City, Nevada. Elbert Edwards is second from left.
Image
Boulder City, Nevada
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Janet MacEachern Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00395
Collection Name: Janet MacEachern Papers
Box/Folder: N/A
Collection Name: Janet MacEachern Papers
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, March 3, 1933
Date
1933-03-03
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image showing a portion of Boulder City from Water Tank Hill. This photo is significant because it shows the Babcock & Wilcox Company housed under construction in the middle distance.
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Boulder City, Nevada
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Historic Building Survey Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00762
Collection Name: Historic Building Survey Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Collection Name: Historic Building Survey Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Carson City, Nevada
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File
Archival Collection
Historic Building Survey Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00762
Collection Name: Historic Building Survey Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Collection Name: Historic Building Survey Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Virginia City and Vicinity
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Nan Doughty Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00240
Collection Name: Nan Doughty Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Collection Name: Nan Doughty Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Photograph of dwelling at Lost City, 1938
Date
1938-06
Archival Collection
Description
A restored Indian house at Lost City showing the lake only a few feet away.
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