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Postcard showing a street scene in Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1933-1955
Date
1933 to 1955
Archival Collection
Description
A postcard showing the black and white view of a street scene in Boulder City, Nevada. Specifically, this image is taken from an intersection near Arizona Street and the Nevada Highway. The Boulder Theater building and the Boulder Dam Hotel can be seen on the right side of the street, off in the distance. Transcribed onto the bottom border of the image: "Street Scene - Boulder City, Nevada." Frashers Foto logo is printed onto the bottom right corner of the postcard.
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Film transparency of postcard showing a boat transporting gold ore on Lake Mead, circa late 1930s
Date
1935 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
An image of a mining building and a boat on Lake Mead. Gold ore claims were made near the northern shores of Lake Mead in the late 1930s, after the completion of Hoover Dam. Shipments of ore were towed down Lake Mead by barge for railroad transport. Text on bottom of image reads: "First load of gold ore to be transported on Boulder Lake by barge." Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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