Picture of the Babcock and Wilcox (B&W) Company steel plant. B&W was the second largest contractor for the Hoover Dam project and built many of the houses that are still in Boulder City for their employees.
Transcribed from attached press release: "HUGHES ROCK BIT TEST In a block-long laboratory at Houston, Texas, the Hughes Tool Company can simulate oil drilling conditions anywhere in the world. Here a Hughes bit is tested on a hard formation. Howard Hughes' father invented the rock bit in 1908 and the resulting business became the cornerstone on which Howard Hughes built his fabulous industrial empire in motion pictures, air transportation, aeronautical research and design, aircraft manufacture, electronics, armament and brewing."
Guy Edward "Whataman" Hudson (center, behind counter) and Jack Laubach (in front of the counter and to Hudson's right), at Laubach's Recreation Tavern in Boulder City, Nevada. The tavern was the only place in Boulder City in 1932 where liquor was legal, including "near beer" and 4% wine. Individual Creator credit goes to Elton Garrett.