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Photograph of men standing on the future site of the Boulder Dam, Nevada, circa 1920s
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of people in a horse drawn carriage near Fort Callville, Nevada, 1911
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Archival Collection
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Postcard of a motor boat, Lake Mead, circa 1930s
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Archival Collection
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Film transparency of the Colorado River gorge, Lake Mead, Nevada, 1952
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Salt Lake and Boulder City railroad junction, (Nev.), September 17, 1930
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Archival Collection
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Construction equipment inside of a tunnel: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Transcript of interview with Eugene Brandise by Mark Mangiaracina, March 3, 1980
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Archival Collection
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Mary Carol Melton interview, March 5, 1981: transcript
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Archival Collection
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On March 5, 1981, collector Kathy Ricks interviewed Mary Carol Melton (b. April 4th, 1900 in Rockville, Missouri) about her life in Nevada and the development of the United Methodist Church in Las Vegas. Melton speaks about moving to Las Vegas, Nevada because of her husband’s health, her time working with attorney offices and in the Las Vegas Courthouse, and the different homes in which her family lived. Moreover, Melton talks extensively about starting the first Sunday school in North Las Vegas in a garage as well as the church she and her husband built. Melton discusses the programs and minstrels performed in the church, the crafts sold to make money for the church and the organ they purchased. Lastly, Melton talks about going to the Hoover Dam nearly every week to see new developments, her participation in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), and watching the above ground atomic tests.
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Transcript of interview with Dan Hill by John Bennett, March 1, 1979
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Archival Collection
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On March 1, 1979, John L. Bennett interviewed Dan Hill (born May 20, 1914 in Illinois) in his home at 2130 Walnut Road, Las Vegas, Nevada, about his memory of Southern Nevada. In addition to the collector and informant, there is an unidentified woman present during the interview. Hill explains that he originally came to Nevada in search of work. He briefly moved to Europe during the First World War where he served in the Army; at the end of the war, Hill returns to Las Vegas to work at the Nevada Test Site. Hill then goes in-depth about his experience as a worker at the Nevada Test Site and different mining sites that he had also worked at. The two briefly discuss the different sheriffs that had been in charge of Las Vegas, and how many people came to Las Vegas to work at the Henderson Magnesium Plant and Hoover Dam in addition to the Nevada Test Site.
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