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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft at Floyd Bennett Field, New York, July 10, 1938

Date

1938-07-10

Description

The black and white view of the Lockheed 14 aircraft being surrounded by people at Floyd Bennett Field in New York.

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T-Shirt Color: Navy Blue; Front: New York City Firefighters Hockey Team FDNY, Fire And Hockey Sticks; Back: New York City Firefighters Hockey Team FDNY, Fire and Hockey Sticks; Handwritten Text: In Memory Of Ray Downey, approximately 2001-2012

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File

Archival Collection

New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00459
Collection Name: New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
Box/Folder: Box 252

Archival Component

Taylour Tedder (Boulder City, City Manager) oral history interview conducted by Kelliann Beavers: transcript

Date

2022-07-20

Description

From the Lincy Institute "Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic" Oral History Project (MS-01178) -- Government agency interviews file.

Text

Panoramic photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1932-late 1930s

Date

1931 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

Boulder City, panorama of houses, view from the water tank. To the far right of the photo, City Hall, the original Boulder City Elementary School located at 401 California Avenue, can be seen.

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Photograph of Boulder City High School groundbreaking ceremony, Boulder City, March 04, 1949

Date

1950 to 1952

Description

The groundbreaking ceremony for the Boulder City High School in Boulder City, Nevada. From left to right, the three men dressed in suits (front, left) are identified as follows: F. A. Latham, Elbert Edwards, and H. O. Watts (with shovel).

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Photograph of Virginia City, Nevada, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1910

Description

Virginia City, Nevada.

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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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Harry Hall oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00770

Abstract

Oral history interview with Harry Hall conducted by Dennis McBride on June 20, 1986 for the Boulder City Library Oral History Project. Hall discusses how the hope of work on the dam encouraged his move to Nevada with his mother and stepfather. He then talks at some length about living in a tent in Ragtown, the various illegal bootlegging establishments along the dirt road running between Las Vegas and Boulder City, Nevada, and working on the dam. He continues talking about working conditions, the heat, and the labor strike at the dam in August, 1931.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Howard Hughes in the cockpit of a Lockheed-14 plane, New York, July 10, 1938

Date

1938-07-10

Description

Howard Hughes in cockpit of Lockheed-14 before take-off from Floyd Bennet Field in New York.

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Photograph of Exacavation, Lost City, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1930

Description

Black and white photograph of excavation of Lost City.

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