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Film transparency of a welcoming banner, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1931-1936

Date

1931 to 1936

Archival Collection

Description

An image of a car traveling down an unidentified street in Boulder City. Small houses line the left side of the street, as a Mobil gas station sits on the right side of the street. The banner hanging above the road reads: "Welcome to Boulder City."

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Mormon Influence in Boulder City: research, 2017

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Dennis McBride Personal Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01099
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Personal Papers
Box/Folder: Box 26 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Slide of Lake Mead, outside of Boulder City, circa 1930s

Date

1936 to 1940

Archival Collection

Description

A color slide of Lake Mead outside of Boulder City, Nevada.

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Photograph of Boulder City High School football team, 1947

Date

1947

Description

A group photograph of the Boulder City High School football team.

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Photograph of Lost City restorations and Lake Mead, Nevada, 1938

Date

1938

Description

Lost City restorations with Lake Mead in the distance.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Lost City Restorations with rising Lake Mead in distance. (1938)"

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Mississippi of the West recording, 1991 July 04

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

In this recorded KNPR documentary, Mississippi of the West or Promised Land, the narrator discusses a racially-segregated Las Vegas, Nevada, maltreatment of black performers prior to 1947, Jim Crow laws during World War II, refusal of hotel owners to abolish the color line, desegreation of most hotels in 1960, modern remnants of historically black neighborhoods, police department—black community tensions in these neighborhoods, and furthering of race relations in Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
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Collection Number: OH-03930
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

Archival Component

Photograph of construction in Boulder City, Nevada, October 12, 1931

Date

1931-10-12

Description

The grayscale view of government engineers' home under construction in Boulder City, Nevada.

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Photograph of a locomotive and driver, Boulder City, May 31, 1931

Date

1931-05-31

Description

Black and white photograph of the locomotive Boulder City Special and driver Oscar Peiffer.

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Photograph of a school, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1932

Date

1932

Description

Black and white image of one of three residences used as one of Boulder City's first schools. Inscription on back of image reads: "This was a Six Companies house at the intersection of Avenue B and what was then Cherry Street, now New Mexico Street; also, this wasn't quite the first school: there were schools for rail yard, a school at Railroad Pass, and a school in McKeeversville/Lakeview."

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