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Photograph of swimmers in a salt water hole near the junction of the Virgin and Colorado Rivers, before 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Five unidentified men swimming in pool near the salt mines near the confluence of the Virgin and Colorado Rivers.
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten inscription and signature on back: "Salt water hole, 1-mile west of Jct. Virgin and Col. Rivers." Signed Merle Frehner
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Photograph of Blue Diamond/Cottonwood Valley, Nevada, before 1930
Date
Archival Collection
Description
View looking northeast over Blue Diamond towards the Spring Mountains.
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Photograph of temporary shanty town along Colorado River, circa 1931
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Shack town filled with people waiting for jobs building the Hoover Dam.
Transcribed Notes: Written on back: 4-18-31
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Photograph of Hoover Dam worker beside the Colorado River, circa 1931
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Hoover Dam worker and an Ingersoll Rand electric generator beside the Colorado River looking Northwest towards the Hemenway Wash.
Transcribed Notes: Written on back: 4-18-31
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Photograph of steamshovel working on the road to the Hoover Dam construction site, circa 1931
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Steamshovel working on the road to the Hoover Dam construction site looking east over the Colorado River.
Transcribed Notes: Written on back: 4-18-31
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Photograph of construction of a water tank in Boulder City, circa 1931
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Construction of a water tank in Boulder City.
Transcribed Notes: Written on back: "3-13-31; Reservoir tank to supply Boulder City - Tanks on hill above Boulder City"
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Photograph of men laying sewer pipe in Boulder City, circa 1931
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Laying a sewer line in Boulder City.
Transcribed Notes: Written on back: 10-12-31
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Photograph of a Union Pacific tour-bus on Highway 93, Nevada, circa 1933
Date
Archival Collection
Description
A Union Pacific tour-bus in a pullout overlooking Hemenway Wash off Highway 93.
Transcribed Notes: Written on back: 9-20-33
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Photograph of Russell well, May 15, 1922
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Russell artesian well
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten on front: Russell Well[s], May 15, 1922; Handwritten on back: Taken by Julian Anderson
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Aerial photograph of the Las Vegas Strip, circa 1975
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of Las Vegas Strip, looking north from MGM Grand Hotel and the Dunes.
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