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Henry C. Wieking Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00009

Abstract

The Henry C. Wieking Photograph Collection contains black-and-white photographic prints and negatives, as well as postcards of Las Vegas, Nevada between approximately 1920 and 1940. These images primarily depict Wieking and his family in front of the Las Vegas Mormon Fort and Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam). Other photographs include Six Companies and United States Bureau of Reclamation vehicles, Mount Charleston, the Colorado River, Black Canyon, and desert scenes. The remaining images depict Barstow and Death Valley, California; and a Grand Canyon bridge in Arizona.

Archival Collection

Panoramic photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1933-1934

Date

1933 to 1934

Archival Collection

Description

Boulder City, panorama of houses, view from the water tank. From this angle, building such as City Hall (left), the Boulder Theater building that contained the Boulder Dam Service Bureau (center), the Boulder Dam Hotel (right), and the Boulder Cafe/ Union Bus Terminal building (right) can be seen.

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Postcard of Hoover Dam tower and lines, circa 1935

Date

1935

Archival Collection

Description

Transmission tower and lines near Hoover Dam. Caption on top of postcard reads: "Boulder Dam power for Arizona! Towers like this will carry low-cost energy into Arizona when this state follows the example afforded by California and Nevada." Boulder Dam was officially re-named Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Fraley Family Collection of Las Vegas, Nevada Films and Photographs

Identifier

MS-00660

Abstract

The Fraley Family Collection of Las Vegas, Nevada Films and Photographs (1956-1995) include 8mm photographic films of the Helldorado Parade and Hoover (Boulder) Dam in 1956, color photographic prints of the construction of the Fremont Street Experience in 1995, and one color photographic print of the Tower Casino at the State Line in 1976. The 8mm film footage was taken during a family vacation and also includes exterior shots of casinos on the Las Vegas Strip.

Archival Collection

Newspaper, Las Vegas Review, June 4, 1926

Date

1926-06-04

Description

Reports on Goodsprings mining production, local and social news. News on Boulder Dam

Text

Southern Nevada Photo Album, image 025

Description

25.1 Bulldozers and men working.; 25.2 Boulder Dam site-Hoover Dam.

Photograph of the unveiling of the memorial plaque, Hoover Dam, September 30, 1935

Date

1935-09-30

Archival Collection

Description

An image of the memorial plaque after it was unveiled at Boulder Dam. Spectators of the event gathered beneath the plaque commemorating the 96 men who had died during the construction of the dam. Transcribed across the center of the plaque: "They died to make the desert bloom." Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Pappas, John H., 1888-1981

John H. Pappas was born in Greece on March 15, 1888. He moved to the United States in 1904, and eventually settled in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1929 where he worked on railroad construction and later the Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction. He passed away in Nevada in August 1981.

Person

Hogan, James L., 1909-2003

When interviewed by daughter Mary Hogan, Mr. James Hogan discusses moving to Las Vegas, early Las Vegas, Boulder Dam, and the Stewart Ranch.

Colonel T. W. Miller and Vic Whittlesea are also mentioned.

Person

Photograph of Lake Mead ticket and information kiosk, Kingman, Arizona, circa 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

An image of an information kiosk. The signs on the side read: "Tickets for Lake Mead boat trips to Boulder Dam & Grand Canyon;" and "Information. Movie and Kodak film;" and 'Scenic booklet. Pictorial Boulder Dam. 35¢. 31 beautiful camera studies. Also highlights of guides lectures." The kiosk stands under a canvas umbrella.

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