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Looking downstream from same point as photograph number 989. Lower portals of diversion tunnels are just below. This picture presents graphic view of problem of muck disposal: photographic print, 1932 March 14

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00267
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 03

Archival Component

Interior of diversion tunnel Number 3, near upper portal. Invert and side wall sections of three-feet thick concrete lining have been poured: photographic print, 1932 June 02

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00267
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 03

Archival Component

Interior of diversion tunnel Number 3, showing method of pouring alternate slabs in side wall section of tunnel lining. Lining form is shown in background: photographic print, 1932 June 22

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00267
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 03

Archival Component

Jackson Ferguson, Edna

Edna Jackson-Ferguson was born October 15, 1897 in Overbrook, Kansas. She married her husband, who worked on the construction of Hoover (Boulder) Dam, on May 17, 1923 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Before moving permanently to Las Vegas, Jackson-Ferguson was a teacher in Idaho. On July 1, 1930, the Jackson family made their way to Nevada, but they weren’t able to move to Boulder City until a year later after the town was built.

Person

Albright, George H., 1909-1996

George Albright was born December 06, 1909 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1931. He had a role in creating the building plans for the Hoover Dam, he worked with the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce and the Clark County Board of County Commissioners, and he dealt with planning conventions on various Las Vegas Strip properties. Albright passed away November 08, 1996.

Person

Ed and Art Schroeder canoeing down the Colorado River along with Mrs. Wright and her son (identified from left to right): photographic print

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1999 (year approximate)

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Canoe on Colorado River before the Hoover Dam was built. Seated in canoe L-R are: "Snooks", Ed Schroeder, Art Schroeder, Mrs. Wright (mining Engineer?), Wright's son. Mr. Wright and his family lived on the Colorado River.

Image

Photograph of stage coach, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

Old stage coach sits next to a bus headed for the Hoover Dam. The side of the coach reads "No. 1 Las Vegas Tonopah Reno Stage Lines," and the back advertising reads "THROUGH SERVICE FROM RENO NEV. TO PHOENIX ARIZ." The bottom of the coach's bumper reads "U.S. Mail." The written inscription with the photograph provided by the donor says "The Start---Pioneering LV Tonopah-Reno Stage"

Image

Film transparency of Willow Beach Marina, Arizona, 1972

Date

1972

Description

Willow Beach Marina, Arizona, on the the Colorado River between Lake Mead and Lake Mohave, approximately 20 miles south of Hoover Dam, 1972. Several buildings are visible, including two motels, and a possible visitor's center/rental office. The marina is visible on the left of the photograph. Both Lake Mead and Lake Mohave are part of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area administered by the U.S. National Park Service.

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Transcript of interview with Harvey N. Dondero by Iskander A. Batlouni, February 26, 1981

Date

1981-02-26

Description

On February 26, 1981, collector Iskandar A. Batlouni interviewed Harvey N. Dondero (born November 12, 1909 in Hawthorne, Nevada) in his office in Las Vegas, Nevada. As a member of the Las Vegas Board of Education, Mr. Dondero discusses relocating to Las Vegas in 1931 to teach at Las Vegas High School. During this interview, Mr. Dondero also discusses the Boulder (Hoover) Dam, the gaming industry, school integration, the Westside, the Strip, Howard Hughes, Block 16, and the growth of Las Vegas from a sleepy railroad town to a thriving metropolis.

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