The Las Vegas Board of City Commissioners Records Regarding Water Supply (1927-1940) include correspondence, resolutions, petitions, application for a permit, and newspaper clippings. The records concern water shortages in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada due in part to wasteful water usage and many of the documents refer to City Ordinance No. 247. Several items are signed by Walter R. Bracken, Vice President and Agent of the Company, and A. M. Folger, Assistant Agent.
Picture of the Babcock and Wilcox (B&W) Company steel plant. B&W was the second largest contractor for the Hoover Dam project and built many of the houses that are still in Boulder City for their employees.
40 x 37 cm., folded to 28 x 15 cm. Copyright held by Robert E. Barringer. Panel title: Welcome map, greater Las Vegas area and scenic routes to and from there. Includes inset map of Boulder City. Map of California from San Francisco to Los Angeles to Las Vegas by Beth Bergh on verso. Includes notes. Index on verso. Includes advertisements for Las Vegas and California businesses. Original publisher: Redwood Publishing Co..