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Interior Arizona Wing of the powerhouse at the Hoover Dam: photographic print

Date

1953-02-14

Description

From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). Interior Arizona Wing of powerhouse, elevation 673. Construction activities during installation of generating units A-3, A-4 and A-9 on May 29, 1951.

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Ann-Marja Lander oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03908

Abstract

Oral history interview with Ann-Marja Lander conducted by Claytee D. White on August 14, 2023 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Lander tells the history of her family living in Europe, getting visas for the United States in 1953, and migratng to Seattle. The family then moved to Souther California, and Lander worked in a department store in high school and joined B'nai B'rith as she began to feel closer to her Jewish heritage. After college, Lander recalls following family moving to Las Vegas, Nevada and joined the Westside Newcomers Club and worked as a certified financial planner. Lander discusses being a member of the Second Generation organization, which is composed of children of Holocaust survivors.

Archival Collection

Photograph of construction view from the top of Hoover Dam, 1934-1952

Date

1934 to 1952

Description

This is looking downward from top of Hoover Dam during construction showing all of the details of the electronic aspect of it.

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