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Photograph of scaffolding, Hoover Dam, circa 1932

Date

1931 to 1933

Description

Skip load of men being lowered into canyon by scaffolding.

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Postcard of donkeys and a prospector, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

A prospector in a covered wagon, being drawn by donkeys.

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Film transparency of the Grand Canyon, circa 1929-1930

Date

1929 to 1930

Archival Collection

Description

Photograph of a truck being driven at the Grand Canyon.

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Gillian Kabat oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00980

Abstract

Oral history interview with Gillian Kabat conducted by Joyce Marshall on June 29, 1996 for the UNLV University Libraries Oral History Collection. In this interview, Kabat discusses her career as a dancer and being a member of the Bluebell Girls dance troupe. She talks about obtaining working visas to perform in the United States, being a dancer during the 1960s, and transitioning into a teaching career.

Archival Collection

W. Dean Whitaker oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01965

Abstract

Oral history interview with William Dean Whitaker conducted by Claytee D. White on April 05, 2010 for the Boyer Las Vegas Early History Project. Whitaker discusses being a member of the 398th Bomb Group during World War II and being captured by the Germans. He also discusses living in a suburb of Los Angeles, California then moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1990.

Archival Collection

Ethel Matteucci oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01221

Abstract

Oral history interview with Ethel Matteucci conducted by Tom Matteucci on March 10, 1978 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Ethel talks about being chased out of Mexico for being Mormon colonizers and later arriving to Nevada. Ethel later talks about the first casinos that were built in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Reno, Nev. aerial view: postcard

Date

1912

Description

Postcard with an aerial view of Reno, Nevada in 1912. It is being sent to the Shockley's in Los Angeles, California.

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