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Las Vegas Valley as seen from the City View Trail above Sun City MacDonald Ranch, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-09-14

Description

Images of the Las Vegas Valley as seen from City View Trail above the Sun City MacDonald Ranch neighborhood of Henderson, Nevada.

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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 at a U.S. Coast Guard Station, January 15, 1938

Date

1938-01-15

Description

Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: Howard Hughes being carried ashore after arrival in amphibian airplane at U.S. Coast Guard Station, Jamaica Bay, B.W.I.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes at a U.S. Coast Guard Station, January 15, 1938

Date

1938-01-15

Description

Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: Howard Hughes being carried ashore after arrival in amphibian airplane at U.S. Coast Guard Station, Jamaica Bay, B.W.I.

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Film negative of Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 21, 1967

Date

1967-12-21

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 and a group photograph of five men hang 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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Film negative of Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 21, 1967

Date

1967-12-21

Archival Collection

Description

Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall. The man standing next to him is unidentified. 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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Photograph of Boulder City Elementary School class, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1947-1950

Date

1947 to 1950

Description

Black and white photo of Boulder City Elementary School class. Teacher is Mrs. Dorothy Johnson.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white view of Howard Hughes, surrounded by crowds, as he stands before a microphone after landing his Lockheed 14 aircraft for the Around the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York. Description on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes (with hat) as he arrived in New York after completing a round the world flight. 7/14/38 (Press Association)"

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Group at [Gover] Whalen's home 7/14/38. (Daily News)." Howard Hughes is standing third from the left.

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

Date

1949-03-04

Description

A groundbreaking ceremony for the Boulder City High School in Boulder City, Nevada. Elbert Edwards is second from left.

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