On April 15, 1975, Edna Jackson-Ferguson (born 1897 in Overbrook, Kansas) provided a narrative-style oral history about her and her husband Jack’s experiences during the building of the Hoover Dam. Jackson-Ferguson provides many details about the way of life living in the camp with workers of the dam, the tasks required of those workers in building the dam, and some of the actual processes of pouring the concrete for the structure. She also talks about food, transportation, weather, and entertainment during the time. To conclude the interview, Jackson-Ferguson mentions some of the other job positions her husband held and their pride in being a part of the Hoover Dam’s construction.
An image of children dressed up in costumes, possibly for the 4th of July at City Hall in Boulder City, Nevada. Boys dressed reminiscently of America's Founding Fathers stand next to girls in patterned dresses.
An image of a street scene in Boulder City, Nevada. Cars are parked at the cross section of Nevada Way (going north to south) and Arizona Street (going east to west). Also visible is the Visitors Bureau. Signs mounted atop the building advertise other goods and services that the bureau provides, such as a pharmacy and a bank.
On March 15, 1981, Andrew Lazarus interviewed Suzette Cox (b. 1945 in San Diego, California) about her experiences of living in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cox talks briefly about her move from California to Las Vegas, her employment at two police agencies and a local newspaper company, and her family. The two also discuss racial discrimination issues in Las Vegas and Cox’s experiences in sports as she was going to school in Las Vegas. Cox later describes how the Strip influenced her life and move to the city, the crime rate in Las Vegas and Nevada and how it related to tourism, and her recollection of the effects of the above-ground atomic testing.
An image of children dressed up in costumes, possibly for the 4th of July at City Hall in Boulder City, Nevada. Boys dressed reminiscently of America's Founding Fathers are paired with girls in patterned dresses.