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Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, with placards showing the domed Las Vegas Convention Hal "now under construction". L-R, seated: Don Pulliam; Dick Ronzone; unidentified; Ted Weins; Oran Gragson; Herb Waldman; Grant Stewart; Ray Thorne; unidentified; Norrison Beatty; unidentified. L-R, standing in rear: Jackie Sylvester; Bernard Swanson.

An unidentified man helps a Miss Universe contestant disembark from a private plane from Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn. Three other contestants pose outside of the plane. The fifth Miss Universe pageant was held on July 20, 1956, at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California. Imprint at bottom of photograph: "Official photograph 1956. Miss Universe Beauty Pageant, produced by International Beauty Congress, Long Beach, California,. U.S.A."

Black and white image of several people posing for a photograph. Handwritten text on the image indicates some of their names: 1. Tweed Wilson; 2. Mrs. Ball; 3. Joe McQuade; 4. Spud [Lake]: 5. Jim Wilson; 6. Olive [Lake]; 7. Wanda [Ball]; 8. Lois Ball; 9. Ada [Lake]. Note: Image is from a family photo album that was loaned to UNLV Libraries Special Collections and returned to the family on July 17, 1984.

Officials in the field conducting a land survey for the Hoover Dam project. From left to right, the men include Six Companies Foreman H.S. McDowell; Six Companies Foreman C.A. Williams, U.S. Reclamation Service Engineer R.C. Thaxton; Superintendent of Construction for the Six Companies Frank T. Crowe; and Office of Engineer and U.S. Reclamation Service John C. Page.

A black and white image from a Chamber of Commerce meeting in Las Vegas. This group of men and women are standing in front of an unidentified building with signs advertising its dining room and the Apache Beauty Salon. This photo was taken from a time capsule in the cornerstone of the Union Pacific Railroad station located in Las Vegas. The time capsule was placed there in 1940 and was later retrieved when the building was demolished around 1970.

A black and white image of Helen Slattery, Chicago General Traffic employee for United Airlines, sitting with Dutch Goerman, Secretary of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, in a vehicle from 1904 with the sign "Desert Love Buggy." This photo was taken from a time capsule in the cornerstone of the Union Pacific Railroad station located in Las Vegas. The time capsule was placed there in 1940 and was later retrieved when the building was demolished around 1970.

Black and white image of officials from the Six Companies of San Francisco and the Bureau of Reclamation, as well as some local individuals, signing the contract to construct Hoover Dam (note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947). Henry J. Kaiser is seated and signing the contract. Standing to the far right are Walker J. Young and C.P. "Pop" Squires. Also identified in the photograph (in no particular order) are W.R. Armstrong, R.F. Walter, and Louis Crampton.