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Slide of people at the Hoover Dam pier sign, April 18, 1931
Date
1931-04-18
Archival Collection
Description
A black and white image of people standing by the Boulder Dam Pier sign, which is draped with rattlesnakes. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Slide of a woman and children in a Boulder City, circa early 1930s
Date
1931
Archival Collection
Description
A black and white image of a woman and three children standing next to a makeshift home in an area known as Ragtown near the Hoover Dam construction site at Black Canyon, not far from Boulder City.
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Photograph of a group of women, Las Vegas, circa 1910s-1926
Date
1910 to 1926
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of a group of women and two children. From left to right, the women include: Frances McChrystal McNamee, Mrs. Charles Horsey, unknown, unknown, Frances Fannsworth, Nellie Lake, and Helen J. Stewart.
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Photograph of Boone Wilson 100th birthday, Las Vegas, 1976
Date
1976
Archival Collection
Description
Color image of the family of Boone Wilson, the son of Buster Wilson, on his 100th birthday at either the Spring Mountain Ranch, Wilson Ranch, or Sandstone Ranch in Las Vegas. Robert Eglington was the photographer for the photo. The woman in pink in the middle is Gloria Schearer, Boone Wilson's daughter, and the woman at the end is Marie Wilson, also Boone Wilson's daughter.
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Photograph of Boone Wilson's 100th birthday party, Las Vegas, 1976
Date
1976
Archival Collection
Description
Color image of Marie Wilson, Darla Wilson Landis, and Olive (Lake) Eglington (left to right) at Boone Wilson's 100th birthday party at either the Spring Mountain Ranch, Wilson Ranch, or Sandstone Ranch in Las Vegas.
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Photograph of people at Minnehaha Falls, Minnesota, circa 1888
Date
1888
Archival Collection
Description
Identification given with photograph: "Taken at Minnehaha Falls, near St. Paul, Minnesota (about 1888) Ed Parson, Lillie Warner, Lyman Sherwood, Chas P. Squires standing. Gertrude Sherwood, Delphine and Matt Ellis, can't remember man selling-handwritten inscription." S. P. Cox at Minnehaha Falls is listed as the photograph's creator.
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Photograph of Squires family and friends, Las Vegas, circa 1954
Date
1954
Archival Collection
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
Archival Collection
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 unidentified members of Elbert Edwards family on Las Vegas Day train ride, 1980
Date
1980
Archival Collection
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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Film transparency of people at a dock on Lake Mead, circa 1940s-1950s
Date
1940 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
An image of two men helping a woman out of a boat on Lake Mead. Their fishing catch and a dog are also visible.
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