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Slide of a mime holding flowers at a protest near the Nevada Test Site, 1983

Date

1983

Description

Color image of a man with his face painted like a mime holding up flowers at a protest involving the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience), a group demonstrating against nuclear testing.

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Slide of protesters linking arms and blocking the highway leading to the Nevada Test Site, 1983

Date

1983

Description

Color image of protesters involved with the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience), a group demonstrating against nuclear testing. They are linking their arms and spanning the width of the highway leading to the Nevada Test Site.

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Slide of protesters linking arms and blocking the highway leading to the Nevada Test Site, 1983

Date

1983

Description

Color image of protesters involved with the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience), a group demonstrating against nuclear testing. They are linking their arms and spanning the width of the highway leading to the Nevada Test Site.

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Slide of the front exterior of the Arizona Club, Las Vegas, circa 1905

Date

1905 to 1910

Description

A black and white image of the Arizona Club. It opened in 1905 in what became Las Vegas' notorious red light district, Block 16. When Block 16 was closed and bulldozed in January 1942, the Arizona Club's famous bar and fittings were installed in the Horn Room of the Hotel Last Frontier.

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Slide of Fremont Street looking east, Las Vegas, September 20, 1933

Date

1933-09-20

Description

A black and white image of Fremont Street, looking east, in downtown Las Vegas. Site Name: Fremont Street (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Slide of moving train, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

A black and white image of a train taken near the Six Companies yard north of Boulder City, heading south. Information from back of photo or photo sleeve states "First passenger train entering Boulder City," however, the train is going in the wrong direction.

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Slide of government tents, near Boulder City, Nevada, April 10, 1931

Date

1931-04-10

Description

A black and white image of government-issued tents set up near Boulder City for people working on Hoover Dam.

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Slide of the Murl Emery building and the entrance to Black Canyon, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1931-1936

Date

1931 to 1936

Description

A black and white image of Murl Emery's building (with the text "Murl Emery. Orignal Boulder Boatman. Over 2000 trips. Fare $1.") and the entrance to Black Canyon.

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Slide of people at the Hoover Dam pier sign, April 18, 1931

Date

1931-04-18

Description

A black and white image of people standing by the Boulder Dam Pier sign, which is draped with rattlesnakes. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Slide of a family in Boulder City, Nevada, circa early 1930s

Date

1931

Description

A black and white image of women and children posing in front of a makeshift home in in Ragtown, an area near the Hoover Dam construction site at Black Canyon, not far from Boulder City.

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