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Film transparency of postcard showing a boat transporting gold ore on Lake Mead, circa late 1930s

Date

1935 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

An image of a mining building and a boat on Lake Mead. Gold ore claims were made near the northern shores of Lake Mead in the late 1930s, after the completion of Hoover Dam. Shipments of ore were towed down Lake Mead by barge for railroad transport. Text on bottom of image reads: "First load of gold ore to be transported on Boulder Lake by barge." Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Film transparency of a postcard showing a boat transporting gold ore on Lake Mead, circa late 1930s

Date

1935 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

An image of a mining building and a boat on Lake Mead. Gold ore claims were made near the northern shores of Lake Mead in the late 1930s, after the completion of Hoover Dam. Shipments of ore were towed down Lake Mead by barge for railroad transport. Text on bottom of image reads: "First load of gold ore to be transported on Boulder Lake by barge." Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Photograph of a nuclear bomb blast near Frenchman Flats, Nevada, 1957

Date

1957

Archival Collection

Description

An image of a mushroom cloud resulting from above-ground nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site.

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Photograph of a nuclear bomb blast near Frenchman Flats, Nevada, 1957

Date

1957

Archival Collection

Description

An image of a mushroom cloud resulting from above-ground nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site.

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Postcard collection of Hoover Dam, circa late 1950s

Date

1955 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

A color collection of thirteen connected postcards showing various images of Hoover Dam and Lake Mead.

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Postcard collection of Las Vegas scenes, circa 1950s

Date

1955 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

A color collection of thirteen connected postcards showing various Las Vegas scenes.

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