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Transcipt of interview with John M. Beville by George Braver, March 11, 1981

Date

1981-03-11

Description

George Braver interviews John M. Beville (b. 1906) at his home in Las Vegas on March 11, 1981. Braver discusses his move to Nevada in 1926, his personal history, and early banking in Nevada leading up to modernized banking. Beville also discusses his personal experience in the banking business, working in Hollywood as a singer, and brings to the forefront key moments of his life in Nevada.

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Water overtakes "No Parking" signs along a Lake Mead shoreline, looking northeast in Lake Mead, Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1983-08

Description

This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.

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Water overtakes "No Parking" signs along a Lake Mead shoreline, looking northeast in Lake Mead, Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1983-08

Description

This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.

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Desert palm trees are surrounded by water near a Lake Mead marina, looking northwest in Lake Mead, Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1983-08

Description

This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.

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Desert palm trees are surrounded by water near a Lake Mead marina, looking northwest in Lake Mead, Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1983-08

Description

This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.

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Bootleg bar: photographic print

Date

1931 to 1932

Description

Liberty's Last Stand, a bootleg bar set up on Block 16, LV (1931-1932) as part of federal sting operation.

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Photograph of Boulder Canyon, circa 1920

Date

1918 to 1922

Description

The proposed site of Hoover Dam before the creation of Lake Mead

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Aerial photograph taken of Black Canyon, before 1930

Date

open start to 1930

Description

Aerial view of Black Canyon prior to the construction of Hoover Dam

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Film transparency of road and bridge construction, Black Canyon, circa 1930-1935

Date

1930 to 1935

Archival Collection

Description

Construction of roads and bridge across Colorado River, Hoover Dam

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Photograph of men in a shop, Boulder City (Nev.), approximately 1931-1936

Date

1931 to 1936

Description

Five men working in a shop to assist with construction of the Hoover Dam.

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