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Members of the Nevada State Board of Control sailing on the Thunderbird Hotel's new cruiser on Lake Mead with Lt. Governor Cliff Jones at the helm; Dan Franks, State Treasurer; Cliff Jones; Ralph Thomas, Secretary to Governor; Charles H. Russell; Peter Merialso, State Controller; and John Koontz, Secretary of State, 1951 July 18

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00071
Collection Name: Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 07 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Reverend Prentiss Walker oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01902

Abstract

Oral history interview with Reverend Prentiss Walker conducted by Bernard Timberg on January 27, 1974 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Walker discusses Las Vegas, Nevada from 1933 to the early 1970s, including the equality of opportunity and social acceptance that black citizens enjoyed in Las Vegas in the thirties. He also recalls how black people did not look upon southern Nevada as a place of permanent residence, but rather as a temporary place to earn money quickly.

Archival Collection

Lucille Down oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00486

Abstract

Oral history interview with Lucille Down conducted by James Down on February 21, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Down discusses the lives of Union Pacific Railroad workers, and her first job, which was at the Southern Nevada Telephone Company. She also discusses recollections on the social, recreational, religious, and economic changes that contributed to the development of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Photograph of a penstock being transported, Hoover Powerplant, 1930s.

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

Transporting 30 ft. diameter section of penstock during the construction of the Hoover Powerplant, 1930s.

Image

Film transparency of men with photography equipment on the Colorado River, March 16, 1935

Date

1935-03-16

Description

Black and white image with the following printed description: Airplane motor propelled boat used in photographic survey of Colorado River between dam and Jumbo Wash.

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Transcript of interview with Betty and Gus Ciliax by Connie Boich, March 2, 1977

Date

1977-03-02

Description

On March 2, 1977, collector Connie Boich interviewed Betty (born March 31, 1919 in Bisbee, Arizona) and Gus Ciliax (born May 13, 1909 in Michigan) in the Ciliax home in Las Vegas, Nevada. This interview covers Southern Nevada and early development of the area. During the interview, they also discussed local recreation, prostitution, Block 16, and various social activities, in addition to local businesses, such as Six Companies, the economy, Boulder Dam, and education in Nevada.

Text

Photograph of the Davis Dam, December 28, 1950

Date

1950-12-28

Archival Collection

Description

An image of the water-turned generator from Davis Dam. Located within Pyramid Canyon between Arizona and Nevada, Davis Dam was constructed on the Colorado River 67 miles downstream from Hoover Dam. Due to the Mexican Treaty of 1944, the United States was required to construct Davis Dam for regulation of water to be delivered to Mexico.

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Photograph of Davis Dam, January 25, 1951

Date

1951-01-25

Archival Collection

Description

An image of the water-turned generator from Davis Dam. Located within Pyramid Canyon between Arizona and Nevada, Davis Dam was constructed on the Colorado River 67 miles downstream from Hoover Dam. Due to the Mexican Treaty of 1944, the United States was required to construct Davis Dam for regulation of water to be delivered to Mexico.

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