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Karen Allison Collection on Contract Bridge

Identifier

MS-00899

Abstract

The Karen Allison Collection on Contract Bridge (1937-1997) contains instructional guides, pamphlets, and booklets explaining the rules and strategies for contract bridge, a card game. Included are correspondence and meeting minutes with contract bridge organizations with which Allison was associated. Also included are lists of players who participated in the Monte Carlo 5th World Bridge Olympiad in Monte Carlo, Monaco in 1976.

Archival Collection

Six Companies Bridge: photographic print

Date

1930 (year uncertain) to 1933 (year uncertain)

Description

In the distance is the Six Companies trestle bridge to cross the Colorado River.

Image

Photograph of construction of the bridge deck on the Nevada side of the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, July 1, 2009

Date

2009-07-01

Description

Photographer's notes: "Cross canyon view to the Nevada bridge deck, July 1, 2009." Site Name: Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge

Image

Photograph of a bridge, Hoover Dam, 1934

Date

1934-01

Description

Photograph taken by John McCreary of a bridge spanning the canyon during construction the of Hoover Dam, January 1934.

Image

Photograph of construction of the bridge deck on the Nevada side of the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, July 1, 2009

Date

2009-07-01

Description

Photographer's notes: "Cross canyon view to the Nevada bridge deck from the top of the Arizona pylons. Note: This was the only evening I was allowed on top of the temporary pylons to shoot." Site Name: Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge

Image

Bridge at Laguna Dam: photographic print

Date

1983-04

Description

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (then known as U.S. Reclamation Service) bridge at Laguna Dam on the Colorado River - constructed 1906-1907. Inscription reads "The swastikas were the emblem of the early Reclamation Service." (photo by Dennis McBride, April 1983.)

Image

Photograph of bridge, Yuma, Arizona, circa 1870s

Date

1870 to 1879

Description

Bridge across the Colorado River at Yuma. Photo was taken from California side of the river from the top of School Hill. The train on the draw bridge was stopped at the Yuma station, a typical wooden building with a Restaurant at the front.

Image

Photograph of arch construction for the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge and the bridge's deck at the Nevada border, July 1, 2009

Date

2009-07-01

Description

Photographer's notes: "Arch construction and Nevada bridge deck from viewpoint south of bridge on Arizona side of canyon, July 1, 2009." Site Name: Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge

Image

Photograph of the bridge deck and arch foundation on the Nevada side of the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, September 8, 2009

Date

2009-09-08

Description

Photographer's notes: "Nevada bridge deck and arch foundation with temporary pylons still in place, evening, September 8, 2009." Site Name: Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge

Image

Photograph of bridge, Yuma, Arizona, October 1877

Date

1877-10

Description

Bridge across the Colorado River at Yuma, showing part of the draw span, seen from the Arizona side of the river.

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