From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). The Nevada Air National Guard is headquartered at the Nevada Joint Force Headquarters, in Carson City, NV. The Nevada Air National Guard maintains a presence in three of the state's 17 counties with a 64-acre (260,000 m2) site on the southwest corner of the Reno-Tahoe International Airport in Reno, a detachment on Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas and at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs.
A group photo of Howard family women. Handwritten description provided on stock card: "L-R: 1) Jessie Pearl Howard Johnson Manor; 2) Nancy Howard Copley; 3) Ollie Howard Lohr; 4) Mary Josephine (Baxter) Howard (seated). Photo probably taken in Oregon, ca. 1906." Additional information handwritten on a separate piece of paper: "1) Jessie Pearl Howard Johnson Manor; 2) Nancy Howard Copley (center standing); 3) Ollie Howard Lohr; 4) Mary Josephine (Baxter) Howard, seated. Aunt Nancy was about 5'7", very tall in our family. Grandmother Mary Josephine was only 4'10" and my mother Jessie Pearl was barely 5' tall. Aunt Ollie was about 5'2". Probably had Jessie and Ollie on boxes. Photo probably taken in Oregon. Jessie probably 14 or 15 when photo taken because family left Ore. when she was about 16 yrs. old. Mother born 1892 so picture ca 1906."
An image of Parker Dam on the Colorado River at the California-Arizona border, 155 miles downstream from Hoover Dam. Parker Dam is commonly referred to as "the deepest dam in the world" because 73% of the dam's structural height is positioned below the original river bed. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
A portrait of Howard R. Stocker, Oscar Stocker's younger brother. Howard Raymond Stocker was born December 19, 1884. He was a graduate of Lehigh University, class of 1906. Imprint on photograph mat reads "Hafen, Reading, Pa."