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Photograph of Dell Ray Rhodes with her brother an an unidentified male child in Westside Alley, 1955

Date

1955

Description

Dell Ray Rhodes with her brother in the alley behind her grandmother's house , between Monroe and Jackson Streets in 1955. (as featured with oral history transcript)

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Photograph of Thomas Oliver with his brothers at Four Mile, 1954

Date

1954

Description

Thomas Oliver, (left) with his brothers, Henry Oliver, (center) and Sonny Boy (James Haley), (right) with an unidentified female child standing in front of an automobile at Four Mile, a little community four miles east of downtown Las Vegas in 1954.

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Photograph of UNLV Basketball Alumni Association honoring Lonnie Wright, 1990

Date

1990

Description

Color photograph of Lonnie Wright (center) being honored for success. He stands with Lois Tarkanian, Sherri Wright, and UNLV President Carol Harter.

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Postcard of Nevada Lookout Point, Hoover Dam, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

An artist's color rendering of Lookout Point at Hoover Dam. Text printed on back of postcard: "Lookout Point has been the popular vantage point where thousands of sightseers have viewed with amaxed and intense interest, the progress and development in the building of this spectacular and enormous project. The view from the Nevada side, shows the downstream face of the Dam, the rugged cliffs in Arizona, and Fortification Mountain in the distance."

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Slide presentation from a hearing at a City Hall in Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1979-05

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). The presentation slide reads, "Nevada Operations office off-site follow-up studies project scope. Collect & organize historical documents. Publish/make available previously unreleased or classified data. Make comprehensive assessment of radiation dose. Compile operating on/off site for each event."

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Scotch 80 roundtable discussion

Identifier

OH-02271

Abstract

Roundtable discussion with nine residents of the Scotch 80 community conducted by Claytee D. White on July 9, 2014 for the West Charleston Neighborhoods Oral History Project of Ward 1. The residents discuss how they came to purchase their homes in the neighborhood, the professions represented in the community, and how they protect it from commercialization.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Hoover Dam, September 23, 1932

Date

1932-09-23

Description

Black and white image of Secretary of the Interior, Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, on a tour of inspection at Hoover Dam. It was under Dr. Wilbur's supervision that the Boulder Canyon Project was commenced. In the background the concrete form used in lining the 50-foot diversion tunnels at the outlet portal of Diversion Tunnel No. 2 can be seen. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Horseshoe Rock Court in Ascaya prior to home construction with Las Vegas Strip background, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-06-13

Description

Looking northwest towards the Las Vegas Strip, the cul-de-sac terminating Horseshoe Rock Court as seen from above on Epic View Court in Ascaya, a luxury home development carved into the McCullough Mountain range in Henderson, Nevada. The project's infrastructure was built completely with materials mined on site and all major improvements were installed prior to beginning sales.

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Horseshoe Rock Court in Ascaya prior to home construction with Las Vegas Strip background, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-06-13

Description

Looking northwest towards the Las Vegas Strip, the cul-de-sac terminating Horseshoe Rock Court as seen from above on Epic View Court in Ascaya, a luxury home development carved into the McCullough Mountain range in Henderson, Nevada. The project's infrastructure was built completely with materials mined on site and all major improvements were installed prior to beginning sales.

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