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The Gateway to Las Vegas from Boulder City, image 001: photographic print
Date
1910 (year approximate) to 1940 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Fremont Street with Union Pacific Railroad Depot and depot park at end of street. Inscription with the image reads, "The arch was built to welcome Secretary of the Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur to Las Vegas. He came to town for the ceremony of driving to the silver spike for the railroad branch from Las Vegas to Boulder City, September 17, 1930. Governor Balzar declared to carry spectators and notables to Braken, juction 7 miles south of Las Vegas on the SLC-LA line. "
Image
Photograph of workers in a post office, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s-1940s
Date
1930 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
An image of people working at a post office located at 1005 Arizona Street in Boulder City. The post office was first opened in 1931 by James L. Finney and was located within the municipal building, which has since been changed to a police station.
Image
Photograph of people waiting for Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's arrival, Boulder City, Nevada, October 02, 1967
Date
1967-10-02
Archival Collection
Description
A group of people gathered together for the arrival of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at the Boulder City Airport in Boulder City, Nevada. Individual Creators credit goes to W. D. Knighton Photo in Boulder City, Nevada.
Image
Film transparency of downtown and the Nevada Highway, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1932-1940
Date
1932 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
A view of downtown Boulder City and the Nevada Highway. The Boulder City Fire Department building is standing on the left side of the road, while the Terminal Building that includes the Union Bus Terminal service and Boulder Cafe is standing on the right. At the end of the street lies the Bureau of Reclamation Administration building.
Image
Film transparency of the outgoing President of Boulder City Jaycees congratulating the incoming President Tom Sullivan, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1948
Date
1946 to 1950
Archival Collection
Description
The outgoing President of the Boulder City Jaycees (William O. Burke) is congratulating the incoming President Tom Sullivan on the right. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Chester Tyree in the foreground. Tyree, local Justice of Peace, served as Master of Ceremonies of the Banquet. Photo by Dick Lewis, circa 1948.
Image
Photograph of the landing of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft, New York, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white, aerial view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft performing its final landing on the Round the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Journey's End for World Fliers! Floyd Bennett Airport, N. Y. ---- The "World's Fair 1939.," Howard Hughes' silver monoplane, shown on the ground just after it landed here, concluding an amazing globe-girdling flight in total elapsed time of 3 days, 19 hours, 10 seconds. A crowd of officials surround the plane. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38."
Image
Photograph of crash of Howard Hughes' XF-11, Culver City, California, July 07, 1946
Date
1946-07-07
Archival Collection
Description
An overhead view of the near-fatal crash of Howard Hughes' XF-11 in Culver City, California.
Image
Photograph of crash of Howard Hughes' XF-11, Culver City, California, July 07, 1946
Date
1946-07-07
Archival Collection
Description
An overhead view of the near-fatal crash of Howard Hughes' XF-11 in Culver City, California.
Image
Slide of people at a food truck in Boulder City, Nevada, August 13, 1931
Date
1931-08-13
Archival Collection
Description
A black and white image of a woman and three children standing behind a food truck in Ragtown, an area near the Hoover Dam construction site at Black Canyon, not far from Boulder City. Two men appear to be distributing food from the bed of the truck.
Image
Aretha Franklin at Carnegie Hall, New York: costume design drawings, notes
Date
2003
Archival Collection
Description
Series III. Professional work in the United States: show production materials -- Revues, concerts, and theater production materials
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