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House of Savoy Royal Family residence, menu, February 25, 1884

Date

1884-02-25

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Includes wine list. Illustration on side of menu features cherubs, crossed cutlery and a woman standing on a pedestal and holding a platter. Crown with ribbons labeled "FERT" at top of menu Menu insert: Wine lists Restaurant: House of Savoy Royal Family residence Location: Rome, Italy

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Windsor, menu, Sunday March 6, 1881

Date

1881-03-06

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Time on menu, 5:30 p.m Restaurant: Windsor Hotel (Denver, Colo.) Location: Denver, Colorado, United States

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Slide of Hoover Dam taken on the downstream side, circa 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

The face of Hoover Dam as seen from the river. Part of the power plant's hydroelectric generators, as well as the canyon wall outlets and stoney gate are visible on the Nevada (left) side. The spillway tunnel is visible on the Arizona (right) side. During the years of lobbying leading up to the passage of legislation authorizing the dam in 1928, Hoover Dam was originally referred to "Boulder Dam" or as "Boulder Canyon Dam", even though the proposed site had shifted to Black Canyon. The Boulder Canyon Project Act of 1928 (BCPA) never mentions a proposed name or title for the dam. When Secretary Wilbur spoke at the ceremony starting the building of the railway between Las Vegas and the dam site on September 17, 1930, he named the dam "Hoover Dam", citing a tradition of naming dams after Presidents, though none had been so honored during their terms of office. After Hoover's election defeat in 1932 and the accession of the Roosevelt administration, Secretary Ickes ordered on May 13, 1933 that the dam be referred to as "Boulder Dam". In the following years, the name "Boulder Dam" failed to fully take hold, with many Americans using both names interchangeably and map makers divided as to which name should be printed. In 1947, a bill passed both Houses of Congress unanimously restoring the name to "Hoover Dam".

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Photograph of the Las Vegas Volunteer Fire Department, Las Vegas, early to mid 1900s

Date

1900 to 1950

Description

A group photo of the Las Vegas Volunteer Fire Department in Las Vegas, Nevada. Description provided with image: "Top row, l-r: Jimmy (Jimmie?) Downs, Ray Nealy, Roy Neagle (Nagley?), Shorty Debrink, Harry Jameson, Leon Rockwell, Harold Case, Earl Rockwell (self), Percy Shellenberger, Archie Mellot, Jimmy Adams, Henry Kampling, Gene Parks, Tom Lake, Bill Trelease, Horace Taylor."

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Photograph of the Las Vegas Volunteer Fire Department, Las Vegas, early to mid 1900s

Date

1900 to 1950

Description

A group photo of the Las Vegas Volunteer Fire Department in Las Vegas, Nevada. Description provided with image: "Back row, sitting on truck: Ray Nealy, Jimmie Downs, Shorty DeBrink, Harry Jameson, Henry Kampling. Stand of back step: Roy Neagle (Nagley?). Standing: Bill Trelease, RER (Earl Rockwell), Gene Parks, Leon R. (Rockwell), Harold Case, Horace Taylor, Jimmy Adams, Percy Scholenberger (Shellenberger?), Tom Lake. Driver seat: Archie Mellot, Al Conger."

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