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Lake Mead women, image 001
Date
1943
Description
Five women in bathing suits sit on a boat for a promotional photo for Lake Mead. From left to right, 1. Maida Lee, 2. Lorna (Jollei) Kesterson, 3. Betty Gilmore Nickell, 4. Betty Ferguson, 5. Kelly Ward.
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Lake Mead women, image 002
Date
1943
Description
Help Us Write History article from UNLV Special Collections, posted in the Las Vegas Review Journal on November 28, 1982 on behalf of the Dorothy Dorothy Collection. The purpose of this article was to identify the five women in the image after the collection was donated.
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Lake Mead women, image 003
Date
1943
Description
Help Us Write History responses to article from UNLV Special Collections, posted in the Las Vegas Review Journal on November 28, 1982 on behalf of the Dorothy Dorothy Collection. As stated, 4 callers identified the five women. The callers' names and numbers are listed in order of call.
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Water skiier, image 001
Date
1943
Description
Water skiier on Lake Mead. Picture taken for promotional photos of the Lake by the Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada.
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Water skiier, image 002
Date
1943
Description
Help Us Write History article from UNLV Special Collections, posted in the Las Vegas Review Journal on August 28, 1983 on behalf of the Dorothy Dorothy Collection. The purpose of this article was to identify the man in the image after the collection was donated.
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Water skiier, image 003
Date
1943
Description
Help Us Write History responses to article from UNLV Special Collections, posted in the Las Vegas Review Journal on August 28, 1983 on behalf of the Dorothy Dorothy Collection. As stated, 2 callers attempted to identify the man. The callers' names and numbers are listed in order of call. The first caller believed it to be her son, a model with some acting work. The second caller believed it to be her ex-husband, and was upset as to why another woman had a photograph of him. However, the dates were off in her assumption. It is likely to be the first person, James (Rusty) Russell Meyers.
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Pahrump spring, image 001
Date
1945 to 1965
Description
Two images were taped together to create a panoramic picture of a spring(?) in Pahrump, Nevada.
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Pahrump spring, image 002
Date
1945 to 1965
Description
Right side of panoramic "picture" created, showing Pahrump spring.
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