Interview with Chic Hecht Julie Sefman on April 2, 1976. In this brief interview, Hecht talks about his time in the state senate working to bolster the budget with sales tax and gaming tax, starting a community college and health programs. He also talks about Pop Squires, a newspaper man and advocate for building Hoover Dam, who had a home on the site of Chic Hecht's clothing store on Fremont Street. Hecht also describes his time in the military and his involvement with the Military Intelligence Association.
Materials depict the construction of Boulder City, Nevada and the Hoover (Boulder) Dam from 1930 to 1935. The photographs primarily depict construction of the master planned community of Boulder City, which was built to house workers during the construction of the dam. The photographs also depict construction of the dam, surveyors working in Black Canyon and on the Colorado River, and buildings in Boulder City. The photographs also depict Williamsville, the small settlement that preceded Boulder City.
The outgoing President of the Boulder City Jaycees (William O. Burke) is congratulating the incoming President Tom Sullivan on the right. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Chester Tyree in the foreground. Tyree, local Justice of Peace, served as Master of Ceremonies of the Banquet. Photo by Dick Lewis, circa 1948.
Note: Menu is partially handwritten. On the back of the menu there is an ad for "Extrait de Viande, Liebig;" at bottom of the ad is "Edit: Compagnie Liebig, Anvers." Liebig produced sets of advertising cards for hotels and restaurants with blanks spaces for handwritten menus Menu insert: Advertisements
View of downtown Boulder City seen from Government Park (later Wilbur Square Park). Well known buildings can be seen from this angle, including St. Andrew's Catholic Church (left), City Hall (left, center), the Boulder Theater building that contained the Boulder Dam Service Bureau (right, center), and the Boulder Dam Hotel (right).