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Photograph of Mrs. Edith Powell, Boulder City, Nevada, March 13, 1931
Date
1931-03-13
Description
Mrs. Edith Powell, the first woman resident of Boulder City, in Boulder City, Nevada. Mrs. Edith Powell is wearing a white dress and holding a small dog while standing in front of her wrinkled tent house.
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Slide of protesters at a demonstration held on Mother's Day near the Nevada Test Site, May 10, 1987
Date
1987-05-10
Description
Color image of a crowd of protesters near a tent at a demonstration held by American Peace Test, a group opposed to nuclear testing.
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Photograph of men and a woman with burros near the Las Vegas Creek, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925
Date
1900 to 1925
Description
Date of photograph estimated between 1904-1906. Two men and one woman with two burros near a tent at Las Vegas Creek. A well, wooden table, basin and cooking pot are visible.
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Photograph of power substation at Hoover Dam, circa 1934
Date
1933 to 1935
Description
View of completed power substation; Tents are for workers. Note: "Took all day to get from boat launch to power substation. Took your lunch and a canteen."
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Audio recording clip of interview with Viola Johnson by Claytee D. White, March 12, 1996
Date
1996-03-12
Description
Part of an interview with Viola Johnson conducted by Claytee D. White on March 12, 1996. Johnson describes Las Vegas living conditions in 1942.
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Film transparency of Deputy Marshall H. J. Williamson and W. M. Cook in Williamsville, Nevada, circa early to mid 1930s
Date
1931 to 1936
Description
A black and white image of Deputy Marshall H. J. Williamson and W.M. Cook standing in front of an information tent in Williamsville (known to the residents as Ragtown), a makeshift community created near Black Canyon as construction began on the Hoover Dam.
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