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Guide to the Elton and Madelaine GarrettPhotograph Collection

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Guide to the Elton and Madelaine Garrett Photograph Collection

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Table of Contents

Summary Information ..................................................................................................................................... 3

Biographical Note ............................................................................................................................................ 3

Scope and Contents Note ................................................................................................................................ 4

Arrangment ...................................................................................................................................................... 4

Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................. 5

Related Materials ............................................................................................................................................. 5

Names and Subjects ........................................................................................................................................ 6

Collection Inventory ........................................................................................................................................ 6

Hoover Dam photographs ............................................................................................................................. 6

Las Vegas, Nevada photographs .................................................................................................................. 9

Boulder City, Nevada photographs ............................................................................................................ 21

Various locations in the American Southwest photographs ...................................................................... 25


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Summary Information

Repository: University of Nevada, Las Vegas. University Libraries. SpecialCollections and Archives.

Creator: Garrett, Elton

Contributor: Garrett, Madelaine

Title: Elton and Madelaine Garrett Photograph Collection

ID: PH-00265

Date [inclusive]: 1927-1990

Physical Description: 2.5 Linear Feet (17 hanging folders, 1 box of negatives, and 1 flat file)

Physical Description: 1.5 Cubic Feet (17 hanging folders, 1 box of negatives, and 1 flat file)

Language of theMaterial:

English

Abstract: The Elton and Madelaine Garrett Photograph Collection containsphotographs of the Hoover Dam, Las Vegas, Nevada, Boulder City,Nevada, and other locations in the American Southwest from 1927to 1990. The photographs primarily depict the construction of theHoover (Boulder) Dam, Las Vegas, and Boulder City during the 1930sand 1940s. The photographs also include the Colorado River, BlackCanyon, Boulder Canyon, Lake Mead, theaters, schools, hotels andcasinos, sporting events, the Las Vegas Fort, and aerial photographs.

Preferred Citation

Elton and Madelaine Garrett Photograph Collection, 1927-1990. PH-00265. Special Collections,University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Biographical Note

Newspaper writer, educator, and historian Elton Garrett war born in St. Joseph, Missouri in 1902. Hereceived a Bachelor of Arts degree in education from the University of Washington in Seattle, Washingtonin 1927. In 1929 he left his job at the Seattle Post Intelligencer and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada to becomethe editor of the Las Vegas Age. In 1931 he started work at the Boulder City Journal in Boulder City,Nevada, and in 1933 became Vice Principal for the Boulder City Public Schools. He was Principal for theBoulder City Public Schools from 1938 to 1942, and then he went to the Boulder City News as News Editor.He married Madelaine G. Elwell in 1944.


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Garrett Junior High School in Boulder City, Nevada was named after Garrett, who was a tireless advocatefor higher education in Southern Nevada. In 1944 he lobbied for the establishment of a University of Nevadabranch in Clark County, and from 1955 to 1959 helped spearhead the legislation that established NevadaSouthern University (the predecessor of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas). He also helped establishthe Desert Research Institute in Las Vegas, Nevada as a research campus of the Nevada System of HigherEducation in 1975.

Additionally, Garrett was an avid local historian who collected memorabilia and photographs of SouthernNevada and the Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction project. His extensive collection was donated hismaterials to the Boulder City Museum and Historical Association and the Department of Special Collectionsat the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Garrett was also an active member of the Boulder City community, and he was part of several organizations,including the Boulder City Chamber of Commerce, Clark County Service Federation, Clark CountyDemocratic Convention, Nevada Convention Committee, and the Clark County Legislative Council. In 1976he was nominated for the Distinguished Nevadan of the Year Award. He also served as the United StatesCommissioner for the Lake Mead Recreational Area near Boulder City.


Scope and Contents Note

The Elton and Madelaine Garrett Photograph Collection contains photographs of the Hoover Dam, LasVegas, Nevada, Boulder City, Nevada, and other locations in the American Southwest from 1927 to 1990.The photographs primarily depict the construction of the Hoover (Boulder) Dam, Las Vegas, and BoulderCity during the 1930s and 1940s. The photographs also include the Colorado River, Black Canyon, BoulderCanyon, Lake Mead, theaters, schools, hotels and casinos, sporting events, the Las Vegas Fort, and aerialphotographs.


Arrangment

Materials are arranged into four series:

Series I. Hoover Dam photographs, approximately 1928-1961;

Series II. Las Vegas, Nevada photographs, approximately 1927-1982;

Series III. Boulder City, Nevada photographs, approximately 1930-1990;

Series IV. Various locations in the American Southwest photographs, 1939-1980.


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Administrative Information

Access

The collection is open for research. Portions of this collection have been digitized and are availableonline.

Publication Rights

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Useon the UNLV Special Collections website for more information about reproductions and permissions topublish.

Acquisition Note

Materials were donated in 1991 and 1993 by Madelaine and Elton Garrett; accession numbers 1991-10and 1993-7.

Processing Note

Materials were processed by Special Collections staff. In 2016, as part of a legacy finding aid conversionproject, Lindsay Oden wrote the collection description in compliance with current professional standards.


Related Materials

Related Materials

The following resources may provide additional information related to the materials in this collection:

Garrett, Elton. Interview, 1980 December 05. OH-00651. Oral History Research Center, SpecialCollections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Garrett, Elton. Interview, 1986 November 10, 1986. OH-00652. Oral History Research Center, SpecialCollections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Garrett, Elton. Interview, undated. OH-02064. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections,University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.


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Names and Subjects

• Las Vegas (Nev.)• Boulder City (Nev.)• Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)• Mead, Lake (Ariz. and Nev.)• Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)• Civil engineering• Construction• Construction projects• Photographs

Collection Inventory

Hoover Dam photographs, approximately 1928-1961Physical Description: 1.7 Linear Feet (3 hanging folders, 1 flat file, and 1 box of negatives)

Scope and Contents Note: The Hoover Dam photographs depict the Hoover (Boulder) Dam on the Colorado River fromapproximately 1928-1961. The photographs depict its construction and surrounding areas, including the Colorado River,Lake Mead, Black Canyon, Boulder Canyon, Boulder City, Nevada, and the Boulder Highway. The photographs alsodepict construction crews, machinery, and the completed dam. The items described include photographic prints andnegatives; items listed are photographic prints unless otherwise specified.

Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.

Title/Description Containers

Hoover Dam mascot dog, Boulder City, Nevada, approximately 1931-1936 folder 01

Sedimentation tank at Hoover Dam, 1932 folder 01

Lewis Construction Company workers drilling railroad tunnels, 1931 folder 01

LeTourneau Construction Company building Black Canyon Highway to HooverDam, 1931

folder 01

Sedimentation tank near Boulder City, Nevada, 1931 folder 01

Hoover Dam construction of diversion tunnels, approximately 1931 folder 01

Boulder Canyon, Nevada, 1931 folder 01

Ingersoll-Rand generator during the construction of Hoover Dam, 1931 folder 01

LeTourneau Construction Company building Black Canyon Highway to HooverDam, 1931

folder 01

Water pipe being laid near Boulder City, Nevada, 1931 folder 01

Warehouse under construction, Boulder City, Nevada, 1931 folder 01


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Construction workers at Hoover Dam, 1931 folder 01



Hoover Dam construction site, 1931 folder 01

Hoover Dam construction crew, 1931 folder 01

Railroad track being laid near Boulder Canyon, Nevada, 1931 folder 01

Blasting the Hoover Dam construction site, Nevada, 1931 folder 01

Highway near Hoover Dam, Nevada, approximately 1931-1936 folder 01

Hoover Dam diversion tunnels, 1931 folder 01



Colorado River near Boulder City, Nevada, approximately 1930-1940 folder 01

Hoover Dam under construction, 1931 folder 01

Partially constructed tunnel at Hoover Dam, 1931 folder 01

Worker on Hoover Dam, 1931 folder 01

Workers operating heavy equipment on the Hoover Dam construction site, 1931 folder 01




Worker at the Hoover Dam construction site, 1931 folder 01


Blast during the construction of Hoover Dam, 1931 folder 02

Worker using heavy equipment at the Hoover Dam construction site, 1931 folder 02


Construction worker at Hoover Dam, 1931 folder 02

Construction workers in Boulder Canyon, Nevada, 1931 folder 02

Construction crew in Boulder Canyon, Nevada, 1931 folder 02

Construction workers in Boulder Canyon, Nevada, 1931 folder 02

Colorado River in Boulder Canyon, Nevada, 1931 folder 02


Boulder Canyon floor after water had been diverted, 1931 folder 02

Boulder Canyon during the construction of Hoover Dam, 1931 folder 02


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Hoover Dam machinery room, 1931 folder 02

Machinery at Hoover Dam, 1931 folder 02

Bridge across Boulder Canyon, Nevada, 1931 folder 02

Workers in Boulder Canyon, Nevada, 1931 folder 02

Railroad tracks being laid at the Hoover Dam construction site, 1931 folder 02

Highway near Boulder City, Nevada, 1931 folder 02

Construction crew in Boulder Canyon, Nevada, 1931 folder 02

Worker operating machinery at Hoover Dam, 1931 folder 02

Construction crews in Boulder Canyon, Nevada, 1931 folder 02

Equipment at Hoover Dam, 1931 folder 02

Hoover Dam blueprint, approximately 1930-1935 folder 02

Workers operating heavy machinery near Boulder City, Nevada, approximately1930-1940

folder 02

Highway near Boulder City, Nevada, 1931 folder 02

Hoover Dam machinery near Boulder City, Nevada, approximately 1931 folder 02

Diversion tunnel in Black Canyon, 1931 folder 02

Wall construction for Hoover Dam, 1931 folder 02

Hoover Dam construction, 1931 folder 02


Blasting in Boulder Canyon near Boulder City, Nevada, 1931 folder 02


Boulder Canyon, 1931 folder 02

Airplane for Bonanza Air Lines flying over Hoover Dam, approximately1940-1960

flat file01

Map of irrigable areas near the Hoover Dam, 1935 flat file01

Hoover Dam's downstream face, Nevada, 1961 flat file01

Boulder Beach on Lake Mead, Nevada, 1961 flat file01

Hoover Dam, Nevada, 1961 flat file01

Hemenway Wash and Lake Mead, Nevada, 1961 flat file01

Cableway mechanism at Hoover Dam, Nevada, 1961


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flat file01

Lake Mead Marina, Nevada, 1961 flat file01

Ray Lyman Wilbur II and Ray Lyman Wilbur III, Hoover Dam, approximately1950-1960

folder 14

Negative: burros in Black Canyon, Nevada, approximately 1928-1933 box 01

Negative: burros in Black Canyon, Nevada, approximately 1928-1933 box 01


Las Vegas, Nevada photographs, approximately 1927-1982 (1930-1940)Physical Description: 2.5 Linear Feet (12 hanging folders, 1 box of negatives, and 1 flat file)

Scope and Contents Note: The Las Vegas, Nevada photographs depict the city of Las Vegas, Nevada fromapproximately 1927 to 1982. The photographs primarily depict the city from 1930 to 1940 and largely focus onunemployed workers seeking jobs on the Hoover Dam project, hotels and casinos, and sporting events. The sportingevents show professional boxers and professional wrestlers, including boxers Ace Hudgens and Jack Dempsey, andwrestlers George Batalis, Leo Papionis, and Ira Dern. The items described include photographic prints and negatives;items listed are photographic prints unless otherwise specified.

Arrangment: Materials remain in original order.


Aerial photograph of Las Vegas, Nevada, 1931 folder 03

Meadows Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1931 folder 03

Clark County Court House, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1931 folder 03

Casino interior, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1928-1933 folder 03

Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1931 folder 03

Las Vegas, Nevada Grammar School and Las Vegas, Nevada High School, LasVegas, Nevada, 1931

folder 03

KGIX Radio Station, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1929-1934 folder 03

Kingman Wash and Colorado River near Black Canyon, Arizona, approximately1928-1933

folder 03

Boulder Highway near Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1931 folder 03

Boulder Pack Train, tourist concession on the Colorado River near Black Canyonby Boulder City, Nevada, 1931

folder 03

Ragtown, near Boulder City, Nevada, 1931 folder 03

Ragtown, near Boulder City, Nevada, 1931 folder 03

Tourists and film crew in Black Canyon, near Boulder City, Nevada,approximately 1930

folder 03


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Hesse's Camp on the Colorado River near Boulder City, Nevada, approximately1930

folder 03

Tourists arriving by bus in Boulder City, Nevada, 1931 folder 03

Workers for the Boulder Canyon Project, Boulder City, Nevada, 1931 folder 03

Pumping station No. 2 in Hemenway Wash, the Boulder City, Nevada watersupply system, approximately 1931

folder 03

Sergeant Clyatt in his bake shop at the landing on the Arizona River near Ragtown,Nevada, approximately 1930-1940

folder 03

Negative: Elton Garrett in Helldorado beard and attire in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1936 box 01

Negative: Elton Garrett, approximately 1930-1940 box 01

Negative: Paul Lutzeier, approximately 1927 box 01

Federal Employment agency building, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1931 folder 04

Federal Employment agency building, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1931 folder 04

Negative: Federal employment agency, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1931 box 01

Woman and two children camped in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1931 folder 04

Man camped in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1931 folder 04

Campground for unemployed workers, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1931 folder 04



Family camped in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1931 folder 04

Man hanging laundry, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1931 folder 04

Negative: man hanging laundry, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1931 box 01

Meadows Hotel and Casino staff during Meadows Hotel fire, Las Vegas, Nevada,1931

folder 04

Meadows Hotel and Casino staff during Meadows Hotel fire, Las Vegas, Nevada,1931

folder 04

John Gilbert and Ina Claire signing their marriage license, Las Vegas, Nevada,1929 May 05

folder 04

Rex Lease and Eleanor Hunt after their marriage, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1931 April folder 04



Minnie "Ma" Kennedy and Guy Edward "Whataman" Hudson's wedding atObservation Point overlooking the Hoover Dam, 1931 September 19

folder 04

Negative: Minnie Kennedy and Guy Edward Hudson, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1931August

box 01

Negative: Boulder Club, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1931


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box 01

Minnie Kennedy and others, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1929 folder 04

Laubach's Recreation Tavern, Boulder City, Nevada, 1932 July folder 04

Laubach's Recreation Tavern, Boulder City, Nevada, 1932 folder 04

Negative: marriage records, Clark County, Nevada, 1931 box 01

El Patio Theatre, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929 folder 05

El Patio Theatre, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929 folder 05

Play performance at El Patio Theatre, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929 folder 05



Movie crew and performers at El Patio Theatre, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929 folder 05

Construction worker, El Patio Theatre, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929 folder 05

Performers at El Patio Theatre, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929 folder 05

Customers at El Patio Theatre, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929 folder 05

Performers at El Patio Theatre, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929 folder 05

Negative: El Portal Theatre, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 box 01

Northern Club and Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1930 folder 05

Miners Club, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1929 folder 05

Overland Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1930 folder 05

Couple at Hotel National, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1929 folder 05

Hotel Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1930 folder 05

Hotel Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1930 folder 05

Swimmers at Lorenzi Park pool, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1931 folder 05

Bridge across pond at Lorenzi Park, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1931 folder 05

Pond at Lorenzi Park, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1931 folder 05

Buildings and pond at Lorenzi Park, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1931 folder 05



Negative: Lorenzi Park, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1931 box 01

Children carrying flags for cornerstone ceremony at the new Las Vegas, NevadaHigh School, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 February 22

folder 06

Dignitaries on platform for cornerstone ceremony at the new Las Vegas, NevadaHigh School, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 February 22

folder 06


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Cornerstone ceremony at the new Las Vegas, Nevada High School, Las Vegas,Nevada, 1930 February 22

folder 06


folder 06


folder 06

Clark County Court House, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1930 folder 06

Las Vegas, Nevada High School under construction, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 folder 06

Postcard: Las Vegas, Nevada Evening Review-Journal newsboys, Las Vegas,Nevada, 1930

folder 06

Negative: Block 16, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 box 01

Pioneer Painting Co. truck and employees, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately1929

folder 06

Pioneer Painting Co. truck and employees, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately1929

folder 06

Men opening an artesian well, Las Vegas, Nevada, including Nevada GovernorFred Balzar and Las Vegas, Nevada Mayor J. F. Hesse, approximately 1929-1932

folder 06

People opening an artesian well, Las Vegas, Nevada, including Nevada GovernorFred Balzar and Las Vegas, Nevada Mayor J. F. Hesse, approximately 1929-1932

folder 06


folder 06

Nevada Governor Fred Balzar, Las Vegas, Nevada Mayor J. F. Hesse, and awoman, approximately 1929-1932

folder 06

Nevada Governor Fred Balzar and Las Vegas, Nevada Mayor J. F. Hesse at theopening of an artesian well, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1929-1932

folder 06

Men opening an artesian well, Las Vegas, Nevada, including Las Vegas, NevadaMayor J. F. Hesse, approximately 1929-1932

folder 06


folder 06


folder 06

Nevada Governor Fred Balzar and Las Vegas, Nevada Mayor J. F. Hesse at theopening of an artesian well, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1929-1932

folder 06

Residential area of Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1929 folder 06

Las Vegas, Nevada Creek and water wheel at Las Vegas Fort, approximately 1931 folder 06

Couple in the snow, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1930 folder 06

Las Vegas, Nevada after snowstorm, approximately 1930 folder 07


Las Vegas, Nevada after snowstorm, approximately 1930


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folder 07


Women building snowman, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1931 folder 07

Boxer Ace Hudkins posing with Las Vegas, Nevada Mayor J. F. Hesse, Harley A.Harmon, and others, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929

folder 07

Boxer Ace Hudkins posing with Las Vegas, Nevada Mayor J. F. Hesse, Harley A.Harmon, and others, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929

folder 07

Boxer Ace Hudkins fighting, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929 folder 07

Boxer Ace Hudkins in front of Las Vegas, Nevada Mayor's office, 1929 folder 07

Boxer Jack Dempsey, Gene Normile, and another person in Las Vegas, Nevada,1929 June 19

folder 07

Boxer Jack Dempsey, Gene Normile, and others in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929 folder 07

Boxer Jack Dempsey, Gene Normile, and others in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929 folder 07

Boxer Jack Demsey and another person, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929 June folder 07

Las Vegas, Nevada Mayor J. F. Hesse and two others, 1929 folder 07

Boxing officials in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929 folder 07

Wrestlers in Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1929 folder 07

Wrester in Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1929 folder 07


Wrestlers in Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1929 folder 07


Airplanes in Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1929 folder 07

Men on an aircraft, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1929 folder 07

Men in front of an aircraft, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1929 folder 07

Airplanes, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1929 folder 07

People in front of an aircraft, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1929 folder 07

Airplanes, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1929 folder 08

Aerial photograph of Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1929 folder 08

People in front of an aircraft, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1929 folder 08

Airplane, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1929 folder 08

Airplanes, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1929 box 01

Wrestler Ira Dern, El Patio Theatre, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929 folder 08

Wrestler George Batalis, El Patio Theatre, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929 folder 08


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Wrestlers posing, Las Vegas, Nevada: Leo Papionis, Ira Dern, and George Batalis,1929 May 23

folder 08

Wrestlers posing, Las Vegas, Nevada: Leo Papionis and Ira Dern, 1929 May 23 folder 08

Wrestler Leo Papionis, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929 folder 08

Leo Papionis after defeat, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929 folder 08

Leo Papionis and George Batalis wrestling at El Patio Theatre, Las Vegas, Nevada,1929

folder 08

Wrestlers, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929 folder 08

Town Barbecue after car accident, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1931 November 19 folder 08

Leonard "Swede" Ohrn at Town Barbecue, 1931 November 19 folder 08

Leonard Kip Rhinelander and his attorneys Thomas J. Salter and Harley A.Harmon, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929

folder 08

Harley A. Harmon, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929 folder 08

Leonard Kip Rhinelander and his attorneys Thomas J. Salter and Harley A.Harmon, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929

folder 08

Negative: Leonard Kip Rhinelander and his attorneys Thomas J. Salter and HarleyA. Harmon, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929

box 01

Boulder Highway preparation near Boulder City, Nevada, 1931 folder 08

Oil drilling in Las Vegas Valley, approximately 1931 folder 08






Woman and child, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1930 folder 09

Southern Nevada Telephone Company, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 folder 09

Southern Nevada Telephone Company, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 folder 09

Parade, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 folder 09

Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce parade float, approximately 1930-1940 folder 09

Negative: parade float, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 box 01

Negative: man and burros, Nevada, approximately 1930 box 01

Negative: Las Vegas High School football team, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 box 01

Football game, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1930-1940 folder 09

Football game, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1930-1940 folder 09


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Art Parvin, President of Barbers Union, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 folder 09

E. C. Fisher, President of Electricians Union, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 folder 09

W. E. Robertson, President of Carpenters Union, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 folder 09

C. E. Dugan, President of Painters Union, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 folder 09

Joe F. Colvin, President of the Central Labor Union and President of the Plumbersand Steamfitters Union, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930

folder 09

George Lindsey, Carpenters Union delegate to Central Labor Union, 1930 folder 09

Central Labor Union Committee organizing for Labor Day events, Las Vegas,Nevada: Chairman W. E. Robertson, George Lindsey, Martin Connell, Jerry Flynn,Larry Bates, W. C. Brown, C. E. Dugan, and Joe F. Colvin, 1931

folder 09

Central Labor Union Committee organizing for Labor Day events, Las Vegas,Nevada: Chairman W. E. Robertson, George Lindsey, Martin Connell, Jerry Flynn,Larry Bates, W. C. Brown, C. E. Dugan, and Joe F. Colvin, 1931

folder 09

Art Parvin and E. C. Fisher, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1930 folder 09

W. E. Robertson and George Lindsey, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1930 folder 09

Martin Connell, Joe F. Colvin, and C. E. Dugan, Las Vegas, Nevada,approximately 1930

folder 09

Las Vegas, Nevada labor union officials, Las Vegas, Nevada: Martin Connell,James Farndale, William Gore, Robert H. Elser, Ira Liebert, Charles Watkins, andEddie Bruner, 1930

folder 09

Las Vegas, Nevada labor union officials, Las Vegas, Nevada: Martin Connell,James Farndale, William Gore, Robert H. Elser, Ira Liebert, Charles Watkins, andEddie Bruner, 1930

folder 09

Covered wagon, Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 folder 09

People standing in front of a car for Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 folder 10

Cars decorated for Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 folder 10


People standing in front of a car for Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 folder 10

Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 folder 10

Band in Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 folder 10

Las Vegas Review-Journal press car float in Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas,Nevada, 1930

folder 10

Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 folder 10


National Hotel float in Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 folder 10

Truck decorated for Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 folder 10

Albert Henderson home, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1930 folder 10


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Albert Henderson home, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1930 folder 10

Albert Henderson home, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1930 box 01

Rodeo, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 folder 10







Tornado damage in Midway City, Nevada, 1931 folder 10

Tornado damage in Midway City, Nevada, 1931 folder 10

Tornado victims, Midway City, Nevada, 1931 folder 10

Tornado victims, Midway City, Nevada, 1931 folder 10

Moving of a house, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1930 folder 11




Negative: moving of a house, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1930 box 01

House, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1930-1940 folder 11

Construction work, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 folder 11






Construction work, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 box 01

Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1929 folder 11

Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1929 folder 11

Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1930-1940 folder 11

Las Vegas Fort ruins, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1929 folder 11

Las Vegas Fort, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1929 folder 11

Las Vegas Fort, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1929 folder 11


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Las Vegas Fort ruins, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1929 folder 11

Las Vegas Fort during renovations to become the Bureau of Reclamation'sconcrete testing laboratory, 1930

folder 11


folder 11

Las Vegas Fort ruins, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 folder 11


folder 11


folder 11

Children standing in the Las Vegas Fort ruins, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 folder 12

Concrete testing laboratory, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1927-1932 folder 12

O. G. Patch, R. Young, and G. G. Walker at the Las Vegas Fort, Las Vegas,Nevada, approximately 1927-1932

folder 12


folder 12


folder 12

Helldorado Parade float, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1947 folder 12

Performers in "Lido de Paris," Las Vegas, Nevada, 1962 folder 12

Flooding along College Avenue, North Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1962 folder 12

Las Vegas, Nevada Chamber of Commerce billboard, Las Vegas, Nevada,approximately 1950-1970

folder 12

Las Vegas, Nevada, 1982 folder 12

Rotary Club members at the Henderson townsite, Nevada, 1943 flat file01

Artist's rendering of the Las Vegas, Nevada Convention Center, Las Vegas,Nevada, approximately 1955-1959

flat file01

Bill Belknap near Las Vegas, Nevada, 1948 folder 13

Bill Belknap and petroglyphs, approximately 1949 folder 13

"Blackie" Hardy at the Hoover Dam, 1958 folder 13

Eather Leavitt, football player for Las Vegas High School, Las Vegas, Nevada,1930 October 11

folder 13

Norman Ullom at the Valley of Fire, Nevada, 1932 January folder 13

Las Vegas Mayor J. F. Hesse and a man, approximately 1930 folder 14

Ruth Getts riding a horse, Helldorado Parade, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1961 folder 14


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U.S. Senator George Malone posing beside Gimick the horse, Nevada,approximately 1947-1960

folder 14

U.S. Senator George Malone riding his horse Paydirt, approximately 1947-1960 folder 14

Negative: Thomas J. Salter, Leonard Kip Rhinelander, and Harley A. Harmon,1929

box 01

Negative: Thomas J. Salter, Leonard Kip Rhinelander, and Harley A. Harmon,1929

box 01

Negative: Peter Lutzeier, approximately 1925-1930 box 01

Negative: Clark County, Nevada records of the marriage of Guy Edward"Whataman" Hudson and L. Margaret Newton, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929November 22

box 01

Negative: Clark County, Nevada records of the marriage of Guy Edward"Whataman" Hudson and L. Margaret Newton, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929November 22

box 01

Negative: aerial photograph of Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1927-1932 box 01

Negative: aerial photograph of Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1927-1932 box 01

Negative: men working at a construction site, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 box 01

Negative: construction site in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 box 01

Negative: men working at a construction site, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 box 01

Negative: professional wrestlers in Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1927-1932 box 01

Negative: wrestlers from the World Championship Wrestling Match, Las Vegas,Nevada, 1929

box 01

Negative: wrestlers from the World Championship Wrestling Match, Las Vegas,Nevada, 1929

box 01

Negative: Leo Papionis and George Batalis wrestling, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929 box 01



Negative: band in Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 box 01

Negative: band in Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 box 01

Negative: wrestler Leo Papionis, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929 box 01




Negative: people standing in front of an airplane, approximately 1927-1932 box 01


Negative: people standing in front of an airplane, approximately 1929 box 01


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Negative: Jack Longstreet, approximately 1930-1960 box 01

Negative: rodeo roping event, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 box 01

Negative: rodeo roping event, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 box 01

Negative: rodeo rider on his horse, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930 box 01

Negative: men drilling for oil in the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, approximately1931

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Negative: men drilling for oil in the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, approximately1931

box 01

Negative: men drilling for oil in the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, approximately1928-1935

box 01


box 01


box 01


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Negative: Las Vegas High School football players and coaches, Las Vegas,Nevada, approximately 1928-1932

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Negative: Las Vegas High School football players, Las Vegas, Nevada,approximately 1928-1932

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Negative: parade, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1930-1940 box 01

Negative: house being moved, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1928-1933 box 01





Negative: Labor Day Parade horse and wagon entries, Las Vegas, Nevada,approximately 1928-1932

box 01

Negative: Labor Day Parade float from the Lumber Company, Las Vegas, Nevada,approximately 1928-1932

box 01

Negative: Boy Scouts playing at a Labor Day Parade in Las Vegas, Nevada,approximately 1928-1932

box 01

Negative: press truck in a Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately1928-1932

box 01

Negative: wooden floats in a Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, Nevada,approximately 1928-1932

box 01

Negative: horses in the Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately1928-1932

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Negative: man riding a motorcycle in the Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, Nevada,approximately 1928-1932

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Negative: press car in the Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately1928-1932

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Negative: band in the Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately1928-1932

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Negative: Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1928-1932 box 01

Negative: people in a truck, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1928-1932 box 01

Negative: parade marchers from Local 159 in the Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas,Nevada, approximately 1928-1932

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Negative: marchers in the Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately1928-1932

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Negative: Las Vegas Review-Journal Press Car entry in the Labor Day Parade, LasVegas, Nevada, approximately 1928-1932

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Negative: Albert Henderson's home, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately1928-1933

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Negative: boxers, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1927-1932 box 01







Boulder City, Nevada photographs, approximately 1930-1990Physical Description: 1.5 Linear Feet (6 hanging folders and 1 flat file)

Scope and Contents Note: The Boulder City, Nevada photographs depict the city of Boulder City, Nevada fromapproximately 1930 to 1990. The photographs primarily depict the citizens of Boulder City at social or political events.The photographs also include Nevada politicians such as U.S. Senator Howard Cannon and U.S. Representative JamesSantini.



Railroad pass junkyard, Boulder City, Nevada, 1961 flat file01

Aerial photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, 1974 August 18 flat file01

Mining town in Nevada, 1961 flat file01

Eldorado Dry Lake near Boulder City, Nevada, 1946 August folder 12

Boulder City School Board, Boulder City, Nevada, 1948 folder 13

Charles F. Peterson and others, Boulder City, Nevada, 1948 folder 13


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People waiting for Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's arrival, Boulder City, Nevada, 1967October 02

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Hod carrier, Boulder City, Nevada, approximately 1940-1960 folder 13

Rainie Dunbar, Boulder City, Nevada, 1981 December folder 13

Dr. David Bruce Dill, approximately 1970-1980 folder 13

Dr. David Bruce Dill, approximately 1970-1980 folder 13

Virginia "Teddy" Fenton and Elton Garrett, Boulder City, Nevada, 1981 folder 13

Virginia "Teddy" Fenton and Bill Harbour, Boulder City, Nevada, 1981 folder 13

Nadeon Voss, Elton Garrett, and Josephine Hammond examining documentsrelated to Boulder City's incorporation, Boulder City, Nevada, 1981

folder 13

Elton Garrett's history room, Boulder City, Nevada: Madelaine Garrett, EltonGarrett, and Ida Browder Kelley, 1981

folder 13

Ida Browder Kelley, Boulder City, Nevada, 1981 folder 13

Elton Garrett's history room, Boulder City, Nevada: Ida Browder Kelley,Madelaine Garrett, and Virginia "Teddy" Fenton, 1981

folder 14

Jack Higgins, Nevada, approximately 1940-1950 folder 14

Frank Crowe, Six Companies construction superintendent, approximately 1931 folder 14

Jack Archer, approximately 1930-1940 folder 14

Carl Gray, Union Pacific Railroad President; Dr. Elwood Mead, Bureau ofReclamation Commissioner; and F. B. Robinson, Union Pacific Railroad vicepresident, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1931 September 17

folder 14

Louis R. Douglas signing a document, 1954 January 27 folder 14

U.S. Senator Howard Cannon autographed to Elton Garrett, 1981 folder 14

Glen E. "Bud" Bodell and others, Boulder City, Nevada, 1932 folder 14

Rainie Dunbar, 1981 folder 14

Paul Fisher, Boulder City, Nevada, approximately 1980-1990 folder 14

Phyllis Green, Boulder City, Nevada, approximately 1970-1980 folder 14

Albert Fisher and Elton Garrett with fish, Boulder City, Nevada, approximately1960-1980

folder 14

Albert Fisher and Elton Garrett with fish, Boulder City, Nevada, approximately1960-1980

folder 14

Nevada Drug Pirates Little League team, Boulder City, Nevada, 1987 folder 14

Boulder City Rotary Little League team, Boulder City, Nevada, 1987 folder 14

Garrett Greater Nevada Properties Little League team, Boulder City, Nevada, 1987 folder 14

Garrett Realty softball team, 1976 folder 14

Elton Garrett and Albert Fisher, approximately 1950-1980


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Don Jones and Bob Glinski, Children's Christmas party, Boulder Threatre, BoulderCity, Nevada, 1960 December 23

folder 15

Shriners, Jamboree Parade, Boulder City, Nevada, 1964 folder 15

Elton M. Garrett, Albert J. Fisher, and others, approximately 1960-1980 folder 15

Ann Gleason and another person standing next to a model of the Boulder CityChamber of Commerce, Boulder City, Nevada, approximately 1960-1980

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John Brown, Boulder City, Nevada, 1971 folder 15

Governors of Nevada plaque, Boulder City, Nevada, approximately 1960-1980 folder 15

Boulder City Mayor John Batchelor and others, Boulder City, Nevada, 1961 folder 15

Goodrich W. Lineweaver, director of the Branch of Operation and Maintenance forthe Bureau of Reclamation, Washington, D.C., 1945

folder 15

Elton Garrett, Jeanne Clark, and others performing a play written by a BoulderCity student, Lora Glen, 1979

folder 15

Jeanne Clark, Elton Garrett, and others examining photographs and documents inBoulder City, Nevada, 1977

folder 15

Juanita Baker and Anita Baker, Boulder City, Nevada, 1934 folder 15

Mrs. Robert Baker, Boulder City, Nevada, 1935 folder 15

Juanita Baker, 1967 folder 15

Anita Baker, 1969 folder 15

Leo Dunbar, approximately 1960-1980 folder 15

Al Roulche, approximately 1960-1980 folder 15

Negative: Vaud E. Larson, Regional Planning Engineer, Boulder City, Nevada,approximately 1950-1960

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Negative: J. P. Jones, Bureau of Reclamation, approximately 1949-1953 folder 15

Cliff Segerblom, approximately 1950-1980 folder 15

H. W. Vanbo, construction engineer for Coachella Valley Division of the All-American Canal System, approximately 1951-1955

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W. Darlington Denit, controller of the Bureau of Reclamation, 1952 July folder 16

Reverend and Mrs. H. H. Eymann of the Grace Community Church in BoulderCity, Nevada, 1939 May 17

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Woman, possibly Boulder City, Nevada, 1939 May 17 folder 16

Ned O. Thompson, Chief of the Land Use Settlement Branch of the Bureau ofReclamation, approximately 1950-1954

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Max Kelch, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Area-Wide Committee; EltonM. Garrett, Secretary of the committee; Lillian Collins, Secretary of the Boulder

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City Chamber of Commerce; Earl Brothers; Chester K. Tyree, President of theBoulder City Chamber of Commerce, at the Boulder City airport, 1952 April 30

Ian A. Briggs, Boulder City, Nevada, approximately 1950-1960 folder 16

Johnnie DuPont, approximately 1928-1932 folder 16

Opening of the Hoover Dam Museum in Boulder City, Nevada: Elton M. Garrett,Virginia "Teddy" Fenton, and Dennis McBride, 1988

folder 16

Don Whalen, possibly Boulder City, Nevada, approximately 1950-1960 folder 16

J. Ford being bucked by a bull at a rodeo, approximately 1950-1970 folder 16

Floyd Lamb, Ida Browder, Walter Baring, A. Geraldine Buchanan Baring, andElton Garrett, probably in Boulder City, Nevada, approximately 1950-1960

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Gene Segerblom, probably in Boulder City, Nevada, 1948 folder 16

Maude Frazier, approximately 1928-1932 folder 16

Wrestler Lewis Montagna, S. F. Vaneman, and referee Sam Herman in Las Vegas,Nevada, undated

folder 16

Distinguished Nevadans at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas commencementceremony: David Bruce Dill, Juanita Greer White, and others, 1972 May 13

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Group of men, Las Vegas, Nevada or Boulder City, Nevada, approximately1980-1990

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Group of individuals having tea, probably in Las Vegas, Nevada or Boulder City,Nevada, approximately 1960-1970

folder 16

Dedication of Boulder City's Bicentennial Gazebo in Boulder City, Nevada,including Jeanne Clark, Bob Ferraro, Tommy Nelson, Joe Williams, and EltonGarrett, 1976

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Russ Farnsworth, approximately 1950-1970 folder 16

United States Representative James Santini, Robert Ferraro, Elton Garrett, andanother person, approximately 1970-1980

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William and Edna French, approximately 1980-1990 folder 16

Thomas Godbey, Boulder City, Nevada, approximately 1950-1970 folder 16

Irma Godbey working on an art project in Boulder City, Nevada, approximately1950-1970

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Roscoe Turner, Loretta Young, and Claude William on the Lake Mead View Pointnear Boulder City, Nevada, 1931

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Robert Ackerson and Elton Garrett, 1981 folder 17

Bob Fenaro and Judy Fenaro at an event, approximately 1980-1984 folder 17

Austine Wood and another person at an event, approximately 1980-1984 folder 17

Peace-Seekers Clipper Club, Boulder City, Nevada, 1984 June 21 folder 17

Leo Dunbar driving a work cart, approximately 1950-1980 folder 17


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Outgoing President of Boulder City Jaycees William O'Burke congratulatingthe incoming President Tom Sullivan, Boulder City, Nevada, approximately1946-1950

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Brian Whaler, approximately 1950-1960 folder 17

Negative: aerial photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, 1974 flat file01

Negative: aerial photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, 1974 flat file01


Various locations in the American Southwest photographs, 1939-1980Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet (3 hanging folders and 1 flat file)

Scope and Contents Note: The various locations in the American Southwest photographs depict locations in theAmerican Southwest from 1939 to 1980. The locations include a town in Nevada; Berkeley, Van Nuys, and Escondido,California; and the Davis Dam in Arizona.



Town in Nevada, 1961 flat file01

Wade H. Taylor at Davis Dam, 1951 January 05 folder 14

Students at University of California, Berkeley graduation, 1939 May 25 folder 14

William L. Sweet, Naval Reserves Officer Training Corps Midshipman at theUniversity of Southern California, 1951

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Mrs. Dalgam, Van Nuys, California, 1970 folder 15

Jean R. Walton, Escondido, California, approximately 1960-1980 folder 15

Harold R. Orr, acting construction engineer for the Davis Dam in Arizona,approximately 1950-1970

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J. D. McCoy, San Diego Aqueduct, 1952 folder 15

Jay Gates Sr., of Kingman, Arizona, and "Dad" Emery of Eldorado Canyon, LakeMohave, approximately 1945-1950

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Children sitting on Santa Claus's lap, possibly Nevada, approximately 1946-1952 folder 16


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