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Water Supply, Requirements, and Costs Reports: for various locations, 1938 to 1950
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: John Wittwer Collection on Agriculture in Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 06
Archival Component
Photograph of land auction reenactment, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 15, 1980
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Archival Collection
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Transcript of interview with Rosina Goodwin by Bruce Eubank, March 15, 1978
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Archival Collection
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On March 15, 1978, Bruce Eubank interviewed Rosina Goodwin (born 1918 in Sweet Springs, Missouri) about her life in Las Vegas, Nevada. Goodwin first talks about her family background before discussing the Las Vegas Strip, the Stewart Ranch, and Twin Lakes. She also talks about schools, Boulder Dam, the atomic testing, and her work as a telephone operator. The latter part of the interview includes discussion on changes in Las Vegas, the Helldorado Parade, and changes in weather.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the Lockheed 14, Los Angeles, California, July 4, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Boulder City Airport, Boulder City (Nev.), 1960s
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Boulder City Airport, Boulder City (Nev.), 1960s
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Hoover Dam construction, September 15, 1933
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, Frank Merrian and Frank Shaw in a Los Angeles parade, August 1, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Tamarisk trees sticking out of the water in St. Thomas, Nevada, circa June, 1938
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Archival Collection
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The tops of tamerisk trees show above the water line of Lake Mead at St. Thomas, Nevada.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "What was once the main throughfare and entrance to the prosperous little Mormon town of St. Thomas now shows only the tops of the tamarix (sic) trees which lined its irrigation ditches. (phto by E. Edwards)"
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