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Photograph of Squires family and friends, Las Vegas, circa 1954

Date

1954

Description

Identification given with photograph: "1st row: Pop, Anna Fayle, Mom, Florence Boyer. 2nd row: Leonard Fayle, C. C. Boyer. Taken at the George Franklin home on 5th place."

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Photograph of people in the vicinity of Hoover Dam, circa early 1930s

Date

1930 to 1933

Description

Overlooking Hemenway Wash and the future bed of Lake Mead (second from left): R. F. Walter, chief engineer for U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; (standing behind woman): Glen E. "Bud" Bodell, chief of Six Companies' security.

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Photograph of William S. O' Brien and James C. Flood, circa 1860s-1888

Date

1860 to 1888

Description

L-R: William S. O' Brien and James C. Flood. They were two San Francisco stockbrokers who teamed up with two miners (James G. Fair and John W. Mackay) to break the power and influence of William Sharon and the Bank of America on the Comstock Lode.

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Photograph of William Lytle Woods and Albert Andrew Woods, Springerville, Arizona, August 1979

Date

1979-08

Description

Brothers William "Bill" Lytle Woods and Albert Andrew "Andy" Woods II at a family reunion at the Woods family home in Springerville, Arizona. They were cousins of Elbert Edwards.

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Photograph of unidentified members of Elbert Edwards family on Las Vegas Day train ride, 1980

Date

1980

Description

An unidentified man and woman, wearing costume crowns, seated aboard a passenger train, during a Las Vegas Day celebration. They are probably members of the Elbert Edwards family.

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Photograph of Woods family members at a reunion in Springerville, Arizona, August 1979

Date

1979-08

Description

Four men at a Woods family reunion in Springerville, Arizona, near the Woods family home. L-R: unidentified, brothers Albert Andrew "Andy" Woods II and William "Bill" Lytle Woods, unidentified. The Woods were cousins of Elbert Edwards.

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Slide of people in a visitor's tunnel at Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s

Date

1935 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

An image of two men in one of the visitor's tunnels at Hoover Dam. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Slide of Hoover Dam generators, circa late 1930s

Date

1935 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

An image of hydroelectric generators inside the powerhouse at Hoover Dam. A man standing next to one of the generators shows their scale. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Photograph showing the downstream face of Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s

Date

1936 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

A view of Hoover Dam, as seen from the Arizona side; an unidentified man is standing beside a car in the foreground, looking toward the dam.

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Photograph of a waterfall at Grand Canyon, circa late 1930s

Date

1935 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

The view of three unidentified gentlemen standing by a waterfall that splashes into the Colorado River located in the rocky Grand Canyon. Located in Arizona, the Grand Canyon was carved by erosion from the Colorado River, which resultantly left the canyon an estimated 277 miles long, a mile deep, and up to 18 miles wide. Today, about two billion years of geological history has been exposed at the canyon.

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