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Congregation Adat Ari El

Congregation Adat Ari El was a Jewish Reform congregation in Las Vegas, Nevada founded by former members of Temple Beth Am in 1992. The congregation started out with about 15 families that held services in a donated storefront every two weeks, led by a rabbi who traveled from California. In 2007, Adat Ariel merged with Temple Beth Am to form Temple Sinai.

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Photograph of construction of the Hoover Dam, October 18, 1932

Date

1932-10-18

Description

Black and white image showing dynamite blasts being fired simultaneously for the locations of the Arizona (left) and Nevada (right) intake towers at Hoover Dam. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Photograph of Hoover Dam, December 3, 1932

Date

1932-12-31

Description

Black and white image showing a downstream view of the Hoover Dam construction site from the lower slope of the upper cofferdam. The excavation for the base of the Nevada intake towers can be seen in the upper right. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Photograph of Hoover Dam construction, circa 1932 - 1933

Date

1932 to 1933

Description

Black and white image showing excavation work on Boulder Dam at night. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Photograph of Boulder City Elementary School, Boulder City, Nevada, August 1932

Date

1932-08

Description

Black and white image showing the entrance to the Boulder City Elementary School during its period of construction. The building, currently City Hall, is located at 401 California Avenue in Boulder City.

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Photograph of Boulder City Elementary School, Boulder City, Nevada, October 5, 1932

Date

1932-10-05

Description

Black and white image of the first eighth grade class of Boulder City Elementary School, currently the home of City Hall, located at 401 California Avenue in Boulder City. The principal of the school, Miss Leila Tilley, is visible in the back of the classroom behind the students.

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Photograph of Boulder City Elementary School, Boulder City, Nevada, October 5, 1932

Date

1932-10-05

Description

Black and white image of school children in front of the Boulder City Elementary School, now the home of City Hall, located at 401 California Avenue in Boulder City. Four hundred of the 550 enrolled pupils are seen in front of the school.

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Photograph of an outhouse, Boulder City, Nevada, October 5, 1932

Date

1932-10-05

Description

Black and white image of a typical privy used by the school children of Boulder City in their first residential schools. It was later replaced by a federal sewage disposal system.

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Photograph of a school, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1932

Date

1932

Description

Black and white image of one of three residences used as one of Boulder City's first schools. Inscription on back of image reads: "This was a Six Companies house at the intersection of Avenue B and what was then Cherry Street, now New Mexico Street; also, this wasn't quite the first school: there were schools for rail yard, a school at Railroad Pass, and a school in McKeeversville/Lakeview."

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Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, March 3, 1933

Date

1933-03-03

Description

Black and white image showing a portion of Boulder City from Water Tank Hill. This photo is significant because it shows the Babcock & Wilcox Company housed under construction in the middle distance.

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