John Batchelor posing with others in Boulder City, Nevada. The caption provided with the image reads: "Mayor John Batchelor of Boulder City (center) expresses Boulder City's hopes for Proton Accelerator for Eldorado Valley to Dr. Rodney L. Cool, Associated Director, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Herbert E. Grier, President, Southern Nevada Industrial Foundation, who recently visited the proposed sites adjacent to Boulder City for the benefit of the Atomic Energy Commission. Mayor Batchelor and Boulder City delegation accompanied the team of five and officials of Southern Nevada Industrial Foundation, E.G. & G. and other agencies seeking placing of the $300 million project in this area. This picture was taken at the proposed site in Eldorado Valley just before the five experts boarded the plane with Pat Head of the Colorado River Commission to complete their reconnaissance."

The Boulder City Company store right by the Nevada highway where many workers made purchases.

An exterior view of the Boulder City High School in Nevada.

Picture of the Boulder City post office which is presently a public library.

From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Eastern Avenue between Grand Hills and Sun City Anthem Drives.