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Photograph of a house in West Las Vegas, located adjacent to the North Project Boundary, Las Vegas, Nevada, October, 1957
Date
1957-10
Archival Collection
Description
A house in West Las Vegas adjacent to the North Project Boundary. A sign leaning against a metal tank next to the house has the number "6" on it. The photograph was taken by Henry Elder, City Building Inspector, October, 1957. Refer to photo #0310 0058 (pho017999) for an aerial view of the area.
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Photograph of the Davis Dam, circa 1950-1951
Date
1950 to 1951
Archival Collection
Description
An image showing an aerial view of Davis Dam on the Colorado River. 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, circa 1950-1951
Date
1950 to 1951
Archival Collection
Description
An image showing an aerial view of Davis Dam on the Colorado River. 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, circa 1950-1951
Date
1950 to 1951
Archival Collection
Description
An image showing an aerial view of Davis Dam on the Colorado River. 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 the fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat in transit to Terminal Island, California, 1946
Date
1946
Archival Collection
Description
A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946. Photo includes image of a blimp used to take some of the aerial photographs.
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Photograph of the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge under construction, Hoover Dam, and Lake Mead as seen from Sugarloaf Mountain near the Arizona-Nevada border, July 30, 2010
Date
2010-07-30
Archival Collection
Description
Photographer's notes: "View of the bridge, dam, and Lake Mead from the top of Sugarloaf on the Arizona side, July 30, 2010." Site Name: Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge
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Photograph of the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge under construction, Hoover Dam, and Lake Mead as seen from Sugarloaf Mountain near the Arizona-Nevada border, July 30, 2010
Date
2010-07-30
Archival Collection
Description
Photographer's notes: "View of the bridge, dam, and Lake Mead from the top of Sugarloaf on the Arizona side, July 30, 2010." Site Name: Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge
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Ladder Truck No. 1 responding to the Opera House Casino fire: photographic film
Date
1964
Archival Collection
Description
An unidentified fireman climbing the aerial ladder on Ladder Truck No. 1 at the scene the Opera House Casino fire. An unidentified man dressed in a suit is visible in the foreground. For additional views of the Opera House Casino fire, see images Source ID 0273_0007, Digital ID pho026214 and Source ID 0273_0010, Digital ID pho026217.
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Transcript of interview with John F. Cahlan by James Weslowski, April 10, 1987
Date
1978-04-10
Archival Collection
Description
James Weslowski interviews John Cahlan (1902-1988) in Cahlan’s home about the history of Las Vegas. Cahlan provides mostly his own narrative about the beginning of Nellis Air Force Base, originally named the Las Vegas Aerial Gunnery School for the Army Air Corps. He also discusses the role of the city commissioners in establishing Nellis as a permanent airbase, as well as the role of Western Air Express, a commercial air company which eventually became Western Airlines.
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Photograph of a shack house in West Las Vegas, located at 711 Van Buren Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada, October, 1957
Date
1957-10
Archival Collection
Description
A shack house in West Las Vegas, located at 711 Van Buren Avenue (south side, in a trailer park). A sign leaning against the building has the the numbers "P-5" and R-107" on it. The photograph was taken by Henry Elder, City Building Inspector, October, 1957. Refer to photo #0310 0058 (pho017999) for an aerial view of the area.
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