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Ralph Daly oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Ralph Daly conducted by Charles Malkowshi on Febuary 25, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Ralph Daly (born in Texas in 1903) discusses his experience of moving to Las Vegas, Nevada during its early growth. Daly talks specifically about Block 16 and the Arizona Club and the extent of gambling and prostitution that took place there in the early 1900s. Daly also talks about moving to Las Vegas to make his living on gambling, how the construction of Hoover (Boulder) Dam attracted many migrant workers, and how, after World War II, Las Vegas attracted tourists and became more of a gambling town as more casinos were built.
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Photograph of Black Canyon, Hoover Dam, circa early 1930s
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Photograph of Hoover Dam, circa 1935-1936
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Photograph of Hoover Dam, circa 1935-1936
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Film transparency of Black Canyon, Colorado, circa 1930s
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Film tranpsarency of construction at Hoover Dam, circa early 1930s
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Slide of statues at Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s-1940s
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Slide of Hoover Dam spillway, circa late 1930s
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Slide of downstream face of Hoover Dam at night, circa late 1930s
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Film transparency of a donkey at Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s
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