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Film transparency of an airport and Trans World Airlines (TWA) terminal, Boulder City, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

Picture of an airplane at the Trans World Airlines terminal in Boulder City.

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Film transparency of an airport and Trans World Airlines (TWA) terminal, Boulder City, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

Picture of an airplane at the Trans World Airlines terminal in Boulder City.

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Film strip of Boulder City or Hoover Dam construction, image 018: photographic print

Date

1934 to 1935

Description

This photograph has three images. The first one (0272_0094) shows the Boulder Dam Hotel in Boulder City, Nevada. The inscription reads, "A new building built in 1934-35. Needed to accommodate influx of visitors to the dam." The second one (0272_0095) depicts a residential section in Boulder City, Nevada. It reads "City built for government men - very neat - with green grass and ornamental plants - in the far distance were small houses for dam workers with families." The third image (0272_0096) has a handwritten inscription that reads, "Dam is completed, visitors driving along the top for a thrill. Water has backed up to height of lower intake valve."

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Letter from Alfred Merritt Smith (Carson City) to Ernest Cragin (Las Vegas), May 6, 1946

Date

1946-05-06

Archival Collection

Description

Letter written by the Nevada state engineer to the mayor of Las Vegas regarding the water use from the Las Vegas Aquifer, which was roughly equal to the recharge rate. The state engineer recommended that a group of property owners form a group, perhaps called the "Las Vegas Valley Water Improvement District" to pursue the acquisition of additional water from Lake Mead and thus allowing for future development and growth of the City of Las Vegas and surrounding areas. Earl, Ira J. (Ira Joseph) is son of Joseph Ira Earl.

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Photograph of three men outside of the Commissary, Boulder City (Nev.), approximately 1930-1936

Date

1930 to 1936

Description

Three men sit and stand outside of the Commissary for Hoover Dam workers in Boulder City, Nevada. The signs in the front of the building advertise film development and Jim the Barber. Coca Cola boxes are stacked along the side of the building.

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Film transparency of customers in the Sweet Shop Cafe, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930-1940

Date

1930 to 1940

Archival Collection

Description

Customers sitting inside the Sweet Shop Cafe in downtown Boulder City.

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Photograph of Harold Stocker on a boat, near Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1936-1940

Date

1936 to 1940

Archival Collection

Description

Black and white image of Harold Stocker on a boat. The inscription reads, "First boat on Lake Mead Harold Stocker" outside of Boulder City, Nevada.

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Postcard showing Lake Mead from Boulder City, Nevada, circa late 1930s-1940s

Date

1936 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

A view of Lake Mead, as seen from Boulder City.

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Postcard of a Virignia &Truckee Railroad train in snow, Virginia City, Nevada, January 18, 1916

Date

1916-01-18

Description

A Virginia &Truckee Railroad train with a snow plow on the front of the engine, in a snow-covered railyard in Virginia City, Nevada. Caption: "V. & T. Express, Virginia City, Nevada. Jan 15-1916."

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Virginia and Truckee train pictured in Carson City, Nevada: postcard

Date

1900 to 1999

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171)

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