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An image of visitors surrounding the Dr. Elwood Mead dedication plaque at Lakeview Point, with parked cars nearby. Since he was the commissioner for the Bureau of Reclamation at the time when the lake was created, Dr. Mead was the inspiration behind Lake Mead's official name. The original home of the plaque, the viewing point provides visitors with a unique sight of the lake from the reservoir's outskirts.

An image of visitors surrounding the Dr. Elwood Mead dedication plaque at Lakeview Point, with parked cars nearby. Since he was the commissioner for the Bureau of Reclamation at the time when the lake was created, Dr. Mead was the inspiration behind Lake Mead's official name. The original home of the plaque, the viewing point provides visitors with a unique sight of the lake from the reservoir's outskirts.

An image of cars parked near the Dr. Elwood Mead dedication plaque at Lakeview Point. Since he was the commissioner for the Bureau of Reclamation at the time when the lake was created, Dr. Mead was the inspiration behind Lake Mead's official name. The original home of the plaque, the viewing point provides visitors with a unique sight of the lake from the reservoir's outskirts.

An image of visitors surrounding the Dr. Elwood Mead dedication plaque at Lakeview Point with cars and a bus parked nearby. Since he was the commissioner for the Bureau of Reclamation at the time when the lake was created, Dr. Mead was the inspiration behind Lake Mead's official name. The original home of the plaque, the viewing point provides visitors with a unique sight of the lake from the reservoir's outskirts.

An image of visitors surrounding the Dr. Elwood Mead dedication plaque at Lakeview Point with cars parked nearby. Since he was the commissioner for the Bureau of Reclamation at the time when the lake was created, Dr. Mead was the inspiration behind Lake Mead's official name. The original home of the plaque, the viewing point provides visitors with a unique sight of the lake from the reservoir's outskirts.

The marquee reads: "Biggest Show In The World 'The Big Circus;' Cooled By Refrigeration." Film is produced by Irwin Allen and starring Victor Mature, Red Buttons, Rhonda Fleming, Kathryn Grant, Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, David Nelson, and Gilbert Roland. Site Name: Fremont Theatre (Las Vegas, Nev.)

U.S. Post Office building located on Main Street on UPRR tract. The post office had only general delivery service with post office boxes until December 1933, when local delivery began. This was the period of "hook and toss" when mail was tossed from passing train. If the hook was not hit exactly, the bag might be torn and the mail scattered. That often happened. Information given by Geo. Smith, Personnel dept. US, P.O., LV, 11-30-83. Street Address: Main Street