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Carp surge for food at a Lake Mead marina in Lake Mead, Nevada: photographic slide, 1983 August
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of 1983 Hoover Dam Overflow Photographs
Box/Folder: Box SH-052
Archival Component
Carp surge for food at a Lake Mead marina in Lake Mead, Nevada: photographic slide, 1983 August
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of 1983 Hoover Dam Overflow Photographs
Box/Folder: Box SH-052
Archival Component
Marion Earl oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Marion Earl conducted by Robert Pearce on March 13, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Earl discusses relocating to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1923, serving as a member of the board of directors for the Chamber of Commerce, and then being elected president of the chamber in 1941. He also discusses being elected justice of the peace in 1934, and serving for two terms.
Archival Collection
Slide of people at a food truck in Boulder City, Nevada, August 13, 1931
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Collage of Hotels in Nevada and Arizona: postcard
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of individuals at Special Collections, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, December 09, 1975
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Archival Collection
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From left to right: William G. Price, Hal Erickson, and Barbara Price at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Mr. And Mrs. Price are donating a rare collection of photos of Hoover Dam taken by Mrs. Price's step-father, Ernest Mitchell Pratt.
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Stratosphere Tower concrete pour: video
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Archival Collection
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Las Vegas, Nevada newscasts describing the foundation at the Stratosphere Tower marking the largest continuous concrete pour since Hoover Dam. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Bob Stupak Professional Papers (MS-01016) -- Professional papers -- Audiovisual material -- Digitized audiovisual clips file.
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Leroy Burt, Joseph Kine, and Tommy Nelson oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with Leroy Burt, Joseph Kine, and Tommy Nelson conducted by Dennis McBride on November 10 and 11, 1986 for the Boulder City Library Oral History Project. The men discuss what they had been doing when the depression started in 1929, when they moved to Nevada, and their first jobs in Boulder City and the dam site. They share stories about their work experiences and discuss the different types of work at the dam, including high scalers, form strippers, jackhammer operators, and concrete pouring and puddling. They also talk about incidents and accidents that occurred during production, and the differences in safety standards in the 1930s and the 1980s.
Archival Collection
Larry and Juanita Barr and Steven Gibson oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Larry and Juanita Barr, with Steven Gibson conducted by Margery Waters on March 27, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. The Barrs and Gibson talk about African Americans in Las Vegas, Nevada, working on the Hoover (Boulder) Dam, living in tents, early entertainers, and early development in Las Vegas.
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