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Slide of the Colorado River, circa late 1930s-1950s
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Archival Collection
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Visitors' Gallery inside Boulder Dam: postcard
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Boy Scouts, Boulder City, Nevada, October 25, 1946
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Archival Collection
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Transcript of interview with Mary & Bruce Eaton by Beatrice Scheild, March 8, 1975
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Archival Collection
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On March 8, 1975, Beatrice Scheid interviewed Mary and Bruce Eaton about their lives in Boulder City, Nevada. Mary first talks about her life in the early days of Boulder City, specifically the influences of the churches and schools. She also talks about housing, transportation, and her career as an educator. Bruce (born 1904 in Toronto, Kansas) also talks about his life in Boulder City and his arrival to Southern Nevada as he sought employment in working on the building of Hoover Dam. Bruce talks about his employment with Six Companies, Inc. and discusses topics such as the employment wages, his and Mary’s experiences in building a house, and their experiences in buying a house built by Six Companies. Bruce also talks about the roles of Sims Ely, the city manager of Boulder City, and Frank Crowe, the construction superintendent of Six Companies. Bruce then discusses the issues of worker’s compensation as it related to work on the dam, and he describes, in detail, the cooling system us
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Slide of Lake Mead, circa late 1930s
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Archival Collection
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Film transparency of workers drilling on the canyon floor, Hoover Damn, circa 1930-1935
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Archival Collection
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Photograph looking down on the Colorado River, 1932-1936
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Archival Collection
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