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Postcard of Caesars Palace, Las Vegas (Nev.), June 28,1981

Date

1981-06-28

Archival Collection

Description

View of Caesars Palace fountains in front of the hotel at dusk. Site Name: Caesars Palace (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Image

Photograph of Bureau of Reclamation cook shack, Hoover Dam, 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

Bureau of Reclamation cook shack on barge at Boulder (Hoover) Dam site. Written on the tent is: "Mid River cafe".

Image

Photograph of lower coffer of the Hoover Dam, approximately 1932-1936

Date

1932 to 1936

Description

Construction of the Nevada Power House from the lower coffer of the Hoover Dam. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)

Image

Photograph of intake towers, Hoover Dam, approximately 1932-1936

Date

1932 to 1936

Description

Construction of the Arizona Intake Towers with the construction of the spillway in the background at the Hoover Dam. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)

Image

Photograph of construction pulleys, Hoover Dam, approximately 1931-1934

Date

1931 to 1934

Description

An image of construction on the Hoover Dam including construction materials like pulleys. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)

Image

Photograph of construction towers and lines at the base of Hoover Dam, approximately 1931-1936

Date

1931 to 1936

Description

Looking up to some construction equipment and pulleys at the base of the Hoover Dam. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)

Image

Photograph of construction vehicles, Hoover Dam, approximately 1931-1936

Date

1931 to 1936

Description

A man operating construction vehicles for use on the Hoover Dam in the early 1930s. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)

Image

Photograph of housing, Boulder City (Nev.), approximately 1931-1936

Date

1931 to 1936

Description

A picture of housing in the distance for the Hoover Dam workers in Boulder City, Nevada. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)

Image

Photographs of Ironworkers and classified workers at Frontier Hotel, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1991 August 07 (folder 1 of 1)

Date

1991-08-07

Description

Culinary Union workers strike at the Frontier Hotel and Casino on August 7, 1991. Secretary-treasurer of the Culinary Workers Union, Jim Arnold, and civil rights activist, Jesse Jackson are shown speaking on stage. Photographs also show police officers and travel buses on site. A large banner is partly shown, reading "Welcome iron workers... iron workers of the state of California and vicinity including..." Protest signs read, "Conquering the Frontier, Culinary Local 226, Bartenders Local 165." The Frontier marquee is depicted and reads, "Welcome teachers & ironworkers, bottled beer 25 cents 2pm Aug. 7 .. 10"Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike Site name: Frontier Hotel and Casino

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Pahrump, Nevada, 1910-1990

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

Materials contain photographs from Pahrump, Nevada from 1910 to 1950, and document the activities of the Hughes, Ruud, Turner, Wiley, Ford, Hafen, and Brown families. Materials include photographs of animals, ranch work, buildings, cattle, wells, crops, Cathedral Canyon, the airstrip, homesteading grounds, cabins, mushroom clouds from the Nevada Test Site, the First Pahrump Harvest Festival, ranchers, the Pahrump School, the Pahrump Trading Post, irrigation systems, Noonday Mill, and the Pahrump Store. Materials also contain photographs of several ranches in the Pahrump Valley, including the Pahrump Ranch, Hidden Hills (Yount) Ranch, Resting Spring Ranch, Wiley Ranch, and Hafen Ranch.

Archival Collection

Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00221
Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component