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Sprinklers watering grass in common area of the Summerlin village of The Willows, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-08-25

Description

Water sprays from sprinkler heads in a grass area maintained as part of the Willow Villages of Summerlin marquees on the corner of West Sahara Avenue near South Town Center Drive.

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A man uses an umbrella in the water spray caused by overflow water in the Arizona spillway, looking west at Hoover Dam, Arizona: photographic slide, 1983 August

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Collection of 1983 Hoover Dam Overflow Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00438
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of 1983 Hoover Dam Overflow Photographs
Box/Folder: Box SH-052

Archival Component

A man uses an umbrella in the water spray caused by overflow water in the Arizona spillway, looking west at Hoover Dam, Arizona: photographic slide, 1983 August

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Collection of 1983 Hoover Dam Overflow Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00438
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of 1983 Hoover Dam Overflow Photographs
Box/Folder: Box SH-052

Archival Component

A man uses an umbrella in the water spray caused by overflow water in the Arizona spillway, looking west at Hoover Dam, Arizona: photographic slide, 1983 August

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Collection of 1983 Hoover Dam Overflow Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00438
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of 1983 Hoover Dam Overflow Photographs
Box/Folder: Box SH-052

Archival Component

LVLWC 786 - Las Vegas, Nevada - constructing two 16-inch diameter by 1200 feet water wells

Date

1954

Archival Collection

Description

Series 2. Las Vegas Land and Water Company -- General Manager, Manager of Properties, and Manager of Industrial Development in Los Angeles, California -- Right-of-way and Property Documents

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Photograph of water from the Colorado River leading up to the Hoover Dam, 1936

Date

1936

Description

A view of the new and finished Hoover Dam in Nevada. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)

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Reports prepared by Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD)

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Citizen Alert Records
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Collection Number: MS-00415
Collection Name: Citizen Alert Records
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Photograph of settling basin at the head of Hemenway Wash for water purification works in Boulder City, circa 1931

Date

1931 (year approximate)

Description

Settling basin at the head of Hemenway Wash for water purification works in Boulder City.

Transcribed Notes: Stamped on back of photo: Photograph by W. A. Davis Box 1169, Las Vegas, Nevada; Notes on photo sleeve: [Setting basin for making concrete. Upstream from the Dam about 5-10 miles. R.R. track may have crossed over to Arizona.] Photographer W.A. Davis disagrees: says this is part of a water purification plant; the settling basin shown purifies water. (documentation, 4/92)

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Fritz Schmidt, water engineer at Walking Box Ranch, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1880 to 1979

Description

Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Fritz Schmidt (water engineer) standing outside the ranch house at Walking Box Ranch

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Fritz Schmidt, water engineer, at Walking Box Ranch, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1880 to 1979

Description

Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Fritz Schmidt (water engineer) standing outside the ranch house at Walking Box Ranch

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