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Film transparency of Lake Mead, August 28, 1955
Date
1955-08-28
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image with the following printed description: View of the swimming beach on Lake Mead, as many visitors are enjoying themselves.
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Film transparency of homes in Boulder City, Nevada, circa early 1930s
Date
1931 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image showing an exterior view of single family residences in Boulder City.
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Film transparency of a bighorn mountain sheep, circa 1930s-1950s
Date
1930 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of a bighorn mountain sheep somewhere in the area between Nevada and Arizona.
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Film transparency of John Wesley Powell, circa late 1800s
Date
1881 to 1894
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white portrait with the following printed description: Major John Wesley Powell - 2nd Director of Geological Survey (March 18, 1881 to June 7, 1894).
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Film transparency of the Black Canyon area, June 24, 1929
Date
1929-06-24
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of the proposed Black Canyon Reservoir, near a boat landing. Fortification Hill is visible in the background.
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Film transparency of the Black Canyon and Colorado River area, June 23, 1929
Date
1929-06-23
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of the Black Canyon Reservoir site as seen from Monument Pass on the Nevada side of the Colorado River. This photograph was taken at 6:25 a.m.
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Film transparency of Fortification Hill, Nevada, February 26, 1935
Date
1935-02-26
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image with the following printed description: "Fortification Hill as seen from the Nevada shore of Black Canyon Reservoir."
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Film transparency of Nelson's Landing, Nevada, before September 14, 1974
Date
1970 to 1974
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white aerial view of Nelson's Landing prior to the September 14, 1974 flood that washed the boat landing into Lake Mohave.
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Murphy, Franklin M., 1898-1957
Consulting geologist and surveyor Franklin Mac Murphy was born on December 27, 1898 in Wheaton, Minnesota. He studied at Columbia University, the University of Arizona, and the University of California, Los Angeles, completing his graduate studies in 1930 at the California Institute of Technology, in Pasadena, California.
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