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Photograph of Pat McCarran and others at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant, Henderson (Nev.), circa 1943
Date
1942 to 1944
Archival Collection
Description
From L-R: Martha McCarran; F.O. Case, project manager for Basic Magnesium Plant; U.S. Senator Pat McCarran; unidentified; Pop Mooney, gen. prog. store and warehouse manager.
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Photograph of Ralph Simpkins and Victor V. Kunkel, Henderson (Nev.), October 2, 1943
Date
1943-10-02
Archival Collection
Description
Ralph Simpkins and Victor V. Kunkel shaking hands at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant. The sign behind them reads: "Completion of worlds largest asbestos protected metal installation. Last bolt placed by Victor V. Kunkel. Genl. Supt. Sheet Metal. McNeil Construction Co. Oct. 2 1943."
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Photograph of Pat McCarran and others at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant, Henderson (Nev.), circa 1943
Date
1942 to 1944
Archival Collection
Description
From L-R: Martha McCarran; F.O. Case, project manager for Basic Magnesium Plant; U.S. Senator Pat McCarran; unidentified; Pop Mooney, gen. prog. store and warehouse manager.
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Photograph of Victor Kunkel, Henderson (Nev.), October 2, 1943
Date
1943-10-02
Archival Collection
Description
Victor V. Kunkel placing the last bolt in a building constructed for th Basic Magnesium Inc. plant. The sign next to him reads: "Completion of worlds largest asbestos protected metal installation. Last bolt placed by Victor V. Kunkel. Genl. Supt. Sheet Metal. McNeil Construction Co. Oct. 2 1943."
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Photograph of Victor Kunkel, Henderson (Nev.), October 2, 1943
Date
1943-10-02
Archival Collection
Description
Victor V. Kunkel placing the last bolt in a building constructed for the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant. The sign below him reads: "Completion of worlds largest asbestos protected metal installation. Last bolt placed by Victor V. Kunkel. Genl. Supt. Sheet Metal. McNeil Construction Co. Oct. 2 1943."
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Photograph of Basic Magnesium Inc. foundry room, Henderson (Nev.), October 1, 1943
Date
1943-10-01
Archival Collection
Description
Foundry room for Basic Magnesium Inc. The white buildings were used for peat moss storage.
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Photograph of men at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant, Henderson (Nev.), August 6, 1942
Date
1942-08-06
Archival Collection
Description
Three men sitting outside of a building in front of a large puddle or shallow body of water. Original description: Brownie, Keaton, and Dave Anderson sitting by the "Lake." The signs read: "Danger 'Sharks'" and "No swimming, rip-tide."
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Photograph of McNeil Employees Association Helldorado float, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1943
Date
1943
Archival Collection
Description
Women sitting on the McNeil Employees Association "Bathing Beauty" Helldorado float. The float is in front of a Texaco gas station sign.
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Photograph of a carriage leaving the tent camp in Bullfrog (Nev.), 1905
Date
1905-12-01
Archival Collection
Description
Freight team leaving Bullfrog, Nevada, December 1, 1905. There is an inscription on the back of the photo: "Headed for Goldfield, 65 miles to the north. Bullfrog was founded after the discovery of gold in the area in 1904. By 1907 Rhyolite, the tent camp at the left in the picture, had become the city of the district with a population of over 6000. The boom was over by the end of 1907." There is a date stamp: 1980.
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Photograph of a boom camp in Weepah (Nev.), 1927
Date
1927-03
Archival Collection
Description
Weepah, Nevada, March 1927. There is an inscription on the back of the image: "Shortly after the beginning of Nevada's last "Gold Rush." Rich gold ore was found in the area by Frank Horton Jr. and Leonard Traynor. Within a month over 16000 people had arrived at the new boom camp. The boom was soon over but the district eventually produced over $1,600,000." There is a date stamp: 1980.
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