Black and white image of Cherry Street, as seen from the Nevada Highway in Boulder City. The Six Companies, Inc. dormitories and clubhouse are also visible.
Photograph of mother and children in abandoned Camp Williston barracks in Boulder City. It was being renovated to serve as Polka Dot Haven, a club for teenagers, 1953.
Description printed photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "They also flew! New York City--- Heroes yesterday, spectators today. Standing obscurely on the sidelines while New York acclaimed Howard Hughes and his four companions with a typical ticker-tape parade up Broadway, were two men respective aeronautical feats also set the world agog. Second from left is Capt. J. Erroll Boyd, who flew from Toronto, Can, to London in 1930. On that flight he had as his companion and navigator Harry P. M. Connor, who served in the same capacity on the Hughes flight. Beside Boyd, (smoking cigarette) is Roger Q. Williams, who, in 1929, flew from Old Orchard Beach, ME, to Rome. Credit Line (ACME) 7/15/38 (FULL)"
Lincy Institute "Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic" Oral History Project
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Photograph of Boulder City teenagers renovating an abandoned Camp Williston barracks to serve as the Polka Dot Haven, the Boulder City teenager's club, 1953.