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Water crashes over the Arizona spillway from a filled Lake Mead basin as seen from a lookout above the dam, looking west towards the Nevada side at Hoover Dam, Arizona: photographic slide
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Archival Collection
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LaVoie, Johnny, 1947-
Born in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 3, 1947, Johnny LaVoie has spent the majority of his working life involved in union endeavors in Las Vegas. He worked for the Culinary Union Local 226 from 1981 to 1985 and again from 1987 to 1993. He started as a Union Business Agent and spent his last six years as the administrative director, overseeing 29 business agents and five department heads.
Person
American Contract Bridge League
Bio taken from Wiki Page: "The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) is the governing body for contract bridge in the United States, Mexico, Bermuda and Canada and is a member of the World Bridge Federation, the international bridge governing body.[1] It is the largest such organization in North America.[2] having the stated mission "to promote, grow and sustain the game of bridge and serve the bridge-related interests of our Members." Besides representing the interests of its members with the World Bridge Federation, its major
Corporate Body
Sands Hotel convention attendees: photographs and correspondence
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Archival Collection
Description
Series XVI. Conventions
Sands Hotel and Casino
Mixed Content
J.W. (John) Campbell oral history interview
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Oral history interview with J.W. (John) Campbell (born June 13, 1918 in Pioche, Nevada) conducted by Raymond Haft on February 19, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. This interview covers the history of Nevada, including Mr. Campbell’s personal history. He discusses the Stewart Ranch, the Mormon Fort, swimming pools in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the above ground atomic tests. He also discusses the crash of Carole Lombard’s plane and the building of the Basic Magnesium Plant in Henderson, Nevada.
Archival Collection
UNLV University Libraries Collection of Boulder City, Hoover Dam, and Lake Mead National Recreation Area Maps and Brochures
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The UNLV University Libraries Collection of Boulder City, Hoover Dam, and Lake Mead National Recreation Area Maps and Brochures (1927-1998) primarily contains regional maps, brochures for local points of interest, and subdivision plat maps of Boulder City, Lake Mead, and Hoover (Boulder) Dam.
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