A bird's eye view of Boulder City, Nevada. Postcard addressed to Mrs. Ralph Owens in Callery, Kansas with a handwritten message on back which reads: "Dear Sis, Here we are in Boulder City, Nev. Just went through the dam. Am having the time of my life. Intend to make Los Angeles by night (Tues?). Write you again, Gladys and Verna."
Covers the desert area in the Owens Valley, Death Valley, Las Vegas and Lake Mead region; bordered by Bishop and Inyokern, California, and Pioche and Lake Mead, Nevada. 'Cartography by W.T. Taylor, W.A. Neely. Color separation by H.P. Pflum; Relief by F.M. Burke; Typography by W.R. Williams. Field mapping by H.A. Cline, G.L. Boyd, K.R. Reed., W.A. Neely, R.P. Conklin.' 'Copyright by Automobile Club of Southern California.' Scale 1:483,537. 1 in. to approx. 8 miles (W 120°--W 114°/N 39°--N 33°). 'Map number 2217.'.
Nevada Governor Paul Laxalt (center) helps Nevada National Guardsmen cut a cake. The photograph was taken by LV News Bureau on November 23, 1967. The cake has inscription "Nevada National Guard" and 3 illustrations on it: the US flag on the left, Nevada Army National Guard logo in the center and Nevada flag on the right.
From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter and a typed transcription of the same letter, and a copy of original letter attached.
Clark County commissioner asking the Secretary of the Interior to use some of the funds from the Arid Lands Fund to create a drinking water system in the Moapa Valley.