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Photograph of Donn Arden and Pierre Lewis-Guerin, Paris (FRA), 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of a group looking at a model of a home, most likely Lewis-Guerin's home in Paris. Donn Arden (left) and Pierre Lewis-Guerin (center) are both present in the photograph, as they were both well known producers at this time.
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Photograph of a sailboat on the water, Lake Mead, January 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
Inscription with image reads: "View of the "Lake", the trip eight-meter racing boat recently launched on Lake Mead by its owners, Messrs. Breese of Chicago and Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Jasper Morgan, boat designer. The owners are enthusiastic over possibilities of numbers of similar sailing craft being launched on Lake Mead in the future. Photo by Bureau of Rec."
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Photograph of Buzz Holmstrum in row boat, Lake Mead, November, 1937
Date
1937-11
Archival Collection
Description
Buzz Holmstrum, filling station operator of Coquille, Oregon sits in a row boat on the waters of Lake Mead. Holmstrum arrived at Hemenway Wash boat landing on Thanksgiving Day after conquering 1100 miles of the Colorado River and Lake Mead alone in his row boat.
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Photograph of a woman holding a fish at the end of her line, Lake Mead, June 1938
Date
1938-06
Archival Collection
Description
Women shows off her catch of the day to her other boating companions along Lake Mead. For another view, see Image 0219. Photo has stamp on back "Official photography do not publish without authority"
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Photograph of man sitting on rock, Colorado River, November 1937
Date
1937-11
Archival Collection
Description
Unidentified man sits on a rock on the "Arizona" side of the Colorado River. Inscription with image reads: "Cross section of a lava flow jilting a former channel of the Colorado River in Lower Grand Canyon, approximately 19 miles east of Pierce's [Pearce] Ferry. Under our geological program, studies of this flow are being made before the rising of Lake Mead obliterated portions of it from view."
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Photograph of mobile crime lab truck, Las Vegas (Nev.), March 11, 1956
Date
1956-03-11
Archival Collection
Description
First Mobile Crime Lab in Las Vegas. Man stands on a small ladder next to a truck that says "CA Estate Ranger Electirc City Applicance." The image at the bottom left-hand corner says "3-11-56 Sanding Paint Crime - Mobile Lt. O'Reilly"
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Photograph of men near large steel machinery, Hoover Dam, approximately 1931-1936
Date
1931 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
Men go back to working on their tasks during the construction of the Hoover Dam. The large steel object behind them could possibly be a large train engine, evident by the tracks on the concrete floor.
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Las Vegas Review Journal "Lifestyles '79 Men of Clark County" 2nd annual edition: newspaper front page
Date
1979-10-18
Archival Collection
Description
From the Mabel Hoggard Papers (MS-00565) -- Personal papers file. Community interest materials (folder 3 of 3). Front page of Las Vegas Review Journal. This issue was not digitized in its entirety but is available to view in the Special Collections and Archives reading room.
Mixed Content
Film transparency of fish and a fishing boat, Lake Mead, circa 1934-1950s
Date
1934 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Smiling in contentment, a man and two children gaze upon a string of fish they captured after a fishing trip on the waters of Lake Mead. Transcribed on the side of the boat: "Sailfish Lake Mead."
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