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A crowd of people stand on Boulder Beach as they watch Donald Malcolm Campbell and his boat Bluebird prepare to break the Englishman's own water speed world record on Lake Mead. On November 16, 1955, Campbell set a new mark at 216.20 mph during his time on Lake Mead.

An image of a crowd of prospective Hoover Dam workers standing outside of the Federal-State Employment Office in Las Vegas. Transcribed from text across the bottom of the image: "Prospective workers for Hoover Dam - Las Vegas, Nev. -Oakes." Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

The black and white view of Grover Whalen (left) and Howard Hughes (right) enjoying the attention from a crowd of thousands of people who attended a parade that celebrated Hughes' completion of his Round the World flight in New York City.

Jesse Jackson speaks to a crowd at the first Frontier Strike rally. There are close-ups, shots of him onstage with others, and photos of the crowd. The sign on the podium reads: "Service Employees Union. Frontier Hotel on strike, Culinary Workers Union, Bartenders Union, Teamsters Union, Operating Engineers Union, Carpenters Union, sanctioned by Southern Nevada Central Labor Council AFL-CIO."Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike Site name: Frontier Hotel and Casino