The grayscale view of some of the first buildings in Boulder City, Nevada. Other buildings under construction can be seen among the finished buildings.

An exterior view of a Consolidated Virginia mine in Virginia City, Nevada. Description provided with image: "Con. Virginia Mine (Old Shaft), one of the so-called Bonanza Mines controlled by Mackey & Fair, Situate on Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Storey County, Nevada. Production 150,000,000. Paid dividends amounting to $78,000,000. Photo 1891."

A black and white image of a woman and three children standing next to a makeshift home in an area known as Ragtown near the Hoover Dam construction site at Black Canyon, not far from Boulder City.

View of roads and buildings in the city during Boulder Dam construction. Mountains can be seen in the background.

From the Las Vegas City Commission Records (MS-00237). Index 2 of 2 of Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, 1911-1960. Materials were donated in 1980 and 1985 by Guy Rocha; accession numbers 1980-188 and 1985-088.