The Union Pacific Railroad Photographs depict the Union Pacific Railroad Company's tracks, depots, locomotives, and stations in Southern Nevada and Southern California from 1904 to 1973. The photographs primarily depict Union Pacific officials in Las Vegas, Nevada, construction of Boulder City, Nevada and the Hoover (Boulder) Dam, hotels and casinos in Las Vegas, and the aftermath of flooding in 1938 that damaged Union Pacific tracks.
The Elizabeth Nelson Patrick Photograph Collection contains photographs from Nevada from 1940 to 1984. The photographs primarily depict buildings in Goldfield, Nevada and Tonopah, Nevada. The photographs also include postcards from the Sahara Hotel and the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada and from the Hoover (Boulder) Dam.
Willow Beach Marina, Arizona, on the the Arizona side of the Colorado River between Lake Mead and Lake Mohave, approximately 20 miles south of Hoover Dam, 1956. Both Lake Mead and Lake Mohave are part of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area administered by the U.S. National Park Service. A building is a possible Ranger Station/rental office. Part of the marina is visible on the left side of the photo.
Captions: View showing a section of sheet piling in the upper cofferdam; Diversion tunnel #4 - a hole 50 ft. in dia. surrounded by 3 ft. of concrete - Hoover Dam, Oakes 229; Reclamation truck.
Description given with photograph: "Descending from the 'Crow's Nest'--the first lookout point over Black Canyon at the site where the Hoover Dam was going to be built."
Architect's drawing of Boulder City Junior Senior High School. Architects were George B. Kaufmann and J. E. Stanton. Kaufmann produced the architectural design for Hoover Dam.
Oral history interview with Peter F. Perazzo conducted by Claytee D. White on July 22, 2016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Perazzo discusses his personal history and moving from Reno, Nevada to Las Vegas, Nevada in the 1940s. Perazzo talks about his Native American ancestry, his career in land surveying, and how construction and land surveying have changed over the years. He then describes designing public and residential buildings in Las Vegas, and at the Nevada Test Site. Later, Perazzo discusses his employment at the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in 1985 and in 1995 at the Nevada Department of Transportation, where he was involved in many state projects such as the Hoover Dam bypass, Red Rock state road, and freeway widening.
Oral history interview with Richard Earl Alger conducted by Karen Schank on March 15, 2011 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project.
Richard Alger shares his family history and what brought the Algers to Nevada; Alger's father was a carpenter for various mines in Midvale, Utah before working at the Hoover Dam, Black Mountain Industrial (BMI) Complex, and Nellis Air Force Base. Richard shares stories of his childhood growing up in North Las Vegas. He talks about how he and his family spent their time, what life in the city was like, and the various neighborhood hangout spots that he and other children would frequent including Kiel Ranch, the Las Vegas Mormon Fort, and Cashman Center.
The Spencer and Georgia Hanna Butterfield Photograph Collection (approximately 1900-1978) consists of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives of the Hanna and Butterfield families. It also contains images of early and prominent residents of Las Vegas, Nevada such as James Cashman Sr., Las Vegas Chamber of Congress members, Union Pacific Railroad president George Ashby, and many other notable persons from early Las Vegas. The collection also includes photographs taken in Elko County, Nevada, the Hoover Dam, and other Las Vegas area images.
The grayscale view of dormitories built for the workers of Hoover Dam in Boulder City, Nevada. Automobiles can be seen parked alongside the adjacent road.