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Photograph of a boat transporting tourists, Lake Mead, 1940s-1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Description

A group of tourists sit on a boat and ride down Lake Mead. The side of the boat reads, "Tyee", "27-H-7", and "Chris Craft."

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Photograph of fishermen with their catch, Lake Mead, 1940s-1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Description

Fishermen at Lake Mead proudly display their catch of fish. Two unidentified men look out from the windown of the boat, while four unidentified men stand and sit on top of the boat.

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Photograph of fishermen displaying their catch, Lake Mead, 1940s-1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Description

Five unidentified fisherman stand and sit of the "Tyee" boat as they proudly display the fish they caught that day at Lake Mead.

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Photograph of fisherman and his catch, Lake Mead, 1940s-1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Description

An unidentified fisherman displays one of the many fish that he caught at Lake Mead.

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Photograph of businessmen next to AiResearch plane, 1940s-1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Description

A group of businessmen standing next to an AiResearch plane. The AiResearch company built gas turbine engines. On the tail of the airplane is: "NC 56801," "AiResearch manufacturing Company," and "A division of the Garrett Corporation."

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Map of Kawich Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada, June 1908

Date

1908-06

Description

At upper left corner: 'Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.' 'E. M. Douglas, geographer; R. G. Chapman, in charge of section; triangulation and topography by R. H. Chapman and B. D. Stewart. Surveyed in 1905.' 'Engraved April 1906 by U.S.G.S.' 'Edition of June 1908, repritned 1929.' 'Polyconic projection. North American datum.' Guide to Topographic Maps of the United States series on map verso. UNLV Special Collections Southern Nevada Mining Map Collection

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Harter, Carol C., 1941-2023

Carol Harter and her husband of 46 years started their married lives by running away from college in their sophomore year. They spent the 1960's working toward their degrees. Harter earned her bachelor's in 1964 and her master's in 1967. Dr. Harter completed her PhD in 1970, and because her husband wanted to work on his doctorate, they moved to Athens, Ohio. She taught at Ohio University while he completed his courses. They lived, worked, and raised their children there for 19 years.

Person

Molasky, Beth, 1950-

Beth Molasky-Cornell was born November 29, 1950 in Florida and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada before her second birthday. She graduated from Valley High School in 1968, and started college at the University of Southern California at the age of seventeen. After spending a couple of years in Rhode Island, where she had her children, she moved back to Las Vegas in 1975.

Person

Greenspun, Robin, 1952-

Robin Greenspun is a film and television producer and director in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 2015 she directed and produced the film Semicolon; The Adventures of Ostomy Girl, a documentary about Dana Marshall-Bernstein, a young Las Vegas woman living with Crohn's disease. In the 1970s and early 1980s Greenspun worked as an assistant director for Trans American Video and other production companies before starting her advertising and public relations firm.

Person

Wasserman, David R.

David R. Wasserman was born on December 3, 1944 in Newark, New Jersey. In 1966 he graduated from Rutgers University with his bachelors in Zoology. In 1970 he received his Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. Upon graduation he served two years of active duty as a captain in the United States Air Force Dental Corps at Nellis Air Force Base.

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