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Peter Lawford performing at the Copa Room in the Sands Hotel in the late 1950s to early 1960s. Seated near the stage are several celebrities, including Sammy Davis, Jr., Milton Berle, Marilyn Monroe, Eddie Fisher, Elizabeth Taylor, Dean Martin, and his wife, Jeanne Martin.

Two views of the assembled guests present for the dedicatory prayer of the Hoover Dam construction site.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from the back of Photo 1: "Dedicatiary (sic) site of Boulder Dam, 1-r, 4- Mrs. Thomas, 5- Art Ham Sr., 6- Bess Pembroke (white hat), 7- Ata Ham (lt. tweed coat), 8- Nana Lightfoot, 9- Mrs. Minetti, 10- Mrs. Martin, 1st row- far right Harley Harmon." Transcribed from facsimile accompanying Photo 2: "Prayer; dedication of damsite (sic), r-1, 6- Nellie Martin, 7- Bess Pembroke, 8- "Nana" Lightfoot, 9- Roy Martin, 10- Art Ham, Sr."

Settling basin at the head of Hemenway Wash for water purification works in Boulder City.

Transcribed Notes: Stamped on back of photo: Photograph by W. A. Davis Box 1169, Las Vegas, Nevada; Notes on photo sleeve: [Setting basin for making concrete. Upstream from the Dam about 5-10 miles. R.R. track may have crossed over to Arizona.] Photographer W.A. Davis disagrees: says this is part of a water purification plant; the settling basin shown purifies water. (documentation, 4/92)

Since the Amargosa Valley did not have electricity until 1964, all pumps were run by combustion engines, like this one on the T & T Ranch.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Land on the T & T Ranch, Amargosa Valley, Nye County, Nevada, about 1958 or 1959. Commercial electricity was not available in the Amargosa Valley until 1964. Until then all water pumping was done with combustion engines running at the wells. Pictured here is a butane-operated motor, running a pump on the property belonging to Hank Records."

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada).Left to right: Frances, Isabelle, Martha, Helen, Mabel. There were a total of 7 children in the family including 2 boys, whose names were Monroe and Frank, Jr. On the back of the photo is written: "(Tan Francis) says we all look too terrible to go anywhere but after all, we are just looking our everyday look. Don't ask when it was taken, I can't remember, but even if it was some ago we all look the same.".