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Nevada Charter Committee of Boulder City, Nevada: Thomas S. White, M.D.; Morgan J. Sweeney; Clarence Arp; Andrew J. Mitchell; Robert N. Broadbent; Richard Ham; Joe Manix; Jane Cooke; Teresa Denning; and Eloise Blue; standing Elbert B. Edwards; Byron L. Miller; Albert Franklin; A. B. West; and Thomas Clapper, 1958 December
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 05 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Stillings, Jamey
Photographer Jamey Stillings was born in 1955 and grew up in Oregon. Stillings is the principal photographer for Jamey Stillings Photography, Inc. He has a BA in Art from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon and an MFA in Photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. Stillings’ work spans fine art, documentary, and commissioned projects including The Bridge at Hoover Dam and The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar.
Person
Eaton, Bruce M., 1904-1985
Bruce Eaton was born December 20, 1904 in Toronto, Kansas. His family moved to various places in the Midwest of the United States before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in June of 1932. He held jobs in truck driving, construction for the Hoover (Boulder) Dam, a superintendent for Clark County School District, and a congressional member of Boulder City, Nevada. Eaton passed away September of 1985.
Person
Tilman, Lee R., 1913-2007
Lee R. Tilman was known for working on the Boulder (Hoover) Dam construction. He was born in Gooding, Idaho and had worked many jobs including a miner, ranch hand, and truck driver. He has given interviews regarding the dam's construction for many programs including PBS (Public Broadcasting Service), the History Channel, and the Discovery Channel.
Source:
"Lee Tilman." Las Vegas Review-Journal. Accessed January 30, 2020. https://obits.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?n=lee-tilman&pid=142144316
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Photograph of the Davis Dam, December 28, 1950
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Davis Dam, January 25, 1951
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Archival Collection
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Map of St. Thomas, Nevada, circa 1933
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Archival Collection
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