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Photograph of women inside Elton Garrett's history room, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1981

Date

1981

Description

From left to right, Ida Browder Kelley, Madelaine Garrett, and Virginia "Teddy" Fenton in Elton Garrett's history room located in Boulder City, Nevada.

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Photograph of Jack Higgins, Nevada, circa 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

A side portrait of Jack Higgins studying paperwork in Nevada. Higgins was a former barber in Boulder City, Nevada barber, and a former Nevada legislator.

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Photograph of Frank Crowe, circa 1931-1932

Date

1931 to 1932

Description

Frank Crowe, a Six Companies construction superintendent, leaning against a truck with other unidentified individuals probably in Boulder City, Nevada.

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Photograph of Jack Archer, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

A portrait of Jack Archer probably in Boulder City, Nevada.

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Photograph of Carl Gray, Elwood Mead, and F. B. Robinson, Las Vegas, September 17, 1931

Date

1931-09-17

Description

From left to right, Carl Gray, President of the Union Pacific Railroad; Dr. Elwood Mead, Commissioner Bureau of Reclamation; and F. B. Robinson, Vice president of Union Pacific Railroad, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Photograph of Louis R. Douglas signing a document, January 27, 1954

Date

1954-01-27

Description

Louis R. Douglas signing a document most likely in Boulder City, Nevada.

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Photograph of people under the "winner's circle," circa 1981

Date

1981

Description

From left to right, an unidentified man, an unidentified woman, and Elton Garrett posing underneath a "winner's circle" in what is most likely Boulder City, Nevada. The photograph is signed, "To Elton, all our best Howard W. Cannon U. S. S. Nev." Group Creators credit goes to Dee-Pics Photography in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Photograph of Wade H. Taylor at Davis Dam, January 05, 1951

Date

1951-01-05

Description

Wade H. Taylor, a Regional Power Manager, standing beside the shaft of one of Davis Dam's five 45,000 kilowatt generating units located in the dam's turbine gallery. David Dam is located on the Colorado River, downstream from the Hoover Dam, on the border between Arizona and Nevada.

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Photograph of Ray Lyman Wilbur II and Ray Lyman Wilbur III, Hoover Dam, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

The caption on the back of the image reads, " "Like grandfather, like father, like son" is an appropriate title for this photograph of Ray Lyman Wilbur II and Ray Lyman Wilbur III, reading the name of Ray Lyman Wilbur I on a bronze plaque at the Hoover Dam. As noted on the plaque, Ray Lyman Wilbur I was secretary of the Interior during President Hoover's administration and played a major role in administrative matters pertaining to the construction of Hoover Dam. His son and grandson, shown here, were visitors to the dam recently and were given a specially-conducted tour by the Bureau of Reclamation's guide service. The father and son reside at 1808 Indiana Street, Vallejo, California. The plaque is on the left hand side of the entrance to the Hoover Dam's Arizona elevator tower through which a third of a million visitors leave the dam and power plant each year following guided tours of this mammoth structure on the Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona. Guided tours of the dam and power plant, starting at the elevator tower on the Nevada side, are available daily to the public between the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ca. 1950's (Bureau of Reclamation photo)."

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Film transparency of men and women at the Greenwoods Hotel in Beatty, Nevada, circa early 1900s

Date

1915 to 1929

Description

Description given with photograph: "A negative of men and women in front of a car that was parked in front of the Greenwoods Hotel in Beatty, Nevada. This image is from the first Squires photo album page 7 image 3."

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