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0265Garrett, Elton and Madelaine
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Portion of Coll. Transferred to Boulder City Museum (see notations)
Boulder Dam Construction
0001 “Nig”, the Boulder Dam mascot.
0002 Sedimentation tank at Hoover Dam for Boulder City water supply. ( 1932)
0003 Lewis Construction Company drilling railroad tunnels of U.S. Construction Railroad to Hoover Dam. (1931)
0004 LeTourneau Construction Company building Black Canyon Highway to Hoover Dam site. (Summer 1931)
0005 Sedimentation tank for Six Companies gravel plant. (1931)
0006 Digging diversion tunnels at Hoover Dam. (1931-1932)
0007 Boulder Canyon (1931)
0008 Ingersoll-Rand generators were used to produce electricity in the earliest stages of Hoover Dam construction. (1931)
0009 LeTourneau Construction Company building Black Canyon Highway to Hoover Dam site. (1931)
0010 Laying pipe for Boulder City’s water supply. (1931)
0011 Six Companies warehouse under construction in Boulder City. (1931)
0012 Construction workers at Hoover Dam. (1931)
0013 Construction at Hoover Dam. (1931)
0014 Two construction workers at Hoover Dam. (1931)
0015 One of the construction sites in Boulder Canyon. (1931)
0016 Construction crews in Boulder Canyon. (1931)
0017 Laying railroad track near Boulder Canyon. (1931)
0018 Blasting at Hoover Dam Construction site. (1931)
0019 [Highway near Boulder Dam – c. 1930s]
0020 Construction diversion tunnels at Hoover Dam site. (1931)
0021 Construction scene at Boulder Dam. (1931)
0022 Construction site at Hoover Dam. (1931)
0023 [Somewhere near present-day Hoover Dam] – 1931.
0024 Construction work at Hoover Dam. (1931)
0025 Inside one of the partially-constructed diversion tunnels at Hoover Dam. (1931)
0026 Men working on Hoover Dam. (1931)
0027 Men operating heavy equipment at Hoover Dam site. (1931)
0028 Close-up of construction site, Hoover Dam. (1931)
0029 Boulder Canyon. (1931)
0030 Boulder Canyon. (1931)
0031 Close-up of man working on construction of Hoover Dam. (1931)
0032 Construction workers at Hoover Dam site. (1931)
0033 Blast at Hoover Dam site. (1931)
Boulder Dam Construction (cont’d)
0034 Worker operating heavy equipment at Hoover dam site. (1931)
0035 Boulder Canyon. (1931)
0036 Construction worker at Hoover Dam. (1931)
0037 Construction workers on cliffs in Boulder Canyon. (1931)
0038 Boulder Canyon – 1931. (Construction crew at right)
0039 Two construction workers at bottom of Boulder Canyon. (1931)
0040 Aerial view of Colorado River in Boulder Canyon (1931)
0041 Aerial view of Boulder Canyon. (1931)
0042 Boulder Canyon floor after water from river had been diverted. (1931)
0043 Floor of Boulder Canyon during early stages of construction of Hoover Dam. (1931)
0044 Inside machinery room at Hoover Dam site. (1931)
0045 Machinery at Hoover Dam site. (1931)
0046 Bridge across Boulder Canyon at Hoover Dam site. (1931)
0047 Workers in Boulder Canyon, 1931. (At dam site)
0048 View of railroad tracks being laid at Hoover Dam site. (1931)
0049 [Highway near Boulder City] (1931)
0050 Construction crew at bottom of Boulder Canyon. (1931)
0051 Man operating machinery at Hoover Dam site. (1931)
0052 Construction crews in Boulder Canyon. (1931)
0053 Equipment at Hoover Dam site. (1931)
0054 Photograph of blueprint showing general layout of Hoover Dam.
0055 Men operating heavy equipment.
0056 [Highway near Boulder City] (1931)
0057 Machinery at Hoover Dam site (inside of building). (1931)
0058 Diversion tunnel under construction at dam site. (1931)
0059 Construction on walls of Boulder Canyon at dam site. (1931)
0060 Crew operating construction equipment at Hoover Dam site. (1931)
0061 Crew working at Hoover Dam site. (1931)
0062 View of Boulder Canyon – blast at top right of canyon. (1931)
0063 Crews and equipment in Boulder Canyon at dam site. (1931)
0064 Boulder Canyon (1931)
0065 Aerial view of Las Vegas, NV, 1931. At left center is Clark Townsite; at right is McWilliams Townsite.
Boulder Dam and Las Vegas
0066 Meadows Hotel/Casino, Las Vegas, NV. 1931.
0067 Clark County Court House, Las Vegas, NV. 1931. Jobless men waiting under the trees for work on the Boulder Canyon Project.
0068 Casino interior, 1930-1931, Las Vegas, NV. (May be Boulder or Arizona Club)
0069 Fremont Street, Las Vegas, NV. 1931
0070 Center: Las Vegas Grammar School, build in 1911, demolished 1964-1965; Right: Las Vegas High School, built 1917, burned May 11, 1934. (photo-1931)
0071 KGIX Radio Station, Las Vegas, NV. 1931-1932.
0072 Kingman Wash, Arizona (far shore), and ferry landing on the Colorado River near Black Canyon, 1930-1931.
0073 Boulder (Nevada) Highway in the vicinity of what is now East Las Vegas. The view is looking south toward Railroad Pass. (early 1931)
0074 Boulder Pack Train, tourist concession on the Colorado River near Black Canyon, 1931.
0075 Ragtown (also known as Williamsville) on the shore of the Colorado River near Black Canyon, 1931. View looking northeast.
0076 Ragtown, on the shore of the Colorado River near Black Canyon, 1931. (looking south)
0077 Tourists and film crew in Black Canyon, 1930-1931.
0078 Hesse’s camp on the Colorado River (1930-1931).
0079 Tourists arriving in Boulder City, 1931. (They traveled on buses shown in photo)
0080 Workers (Boulder Canyon Project) gathered at a Six Companies dormitory in Boulder City during the August 1931 labor strike
0081 Pumping station No. 2 in Hemenway Wash (Boulder City water supply system, 1931-1932.)
0082 Sergeant Clyatt, had a bake shop at the landing on the Arizona River near Ragtown. He established a relief station there and served bread and coffee to families left homeless after a brush fire at the river. (1930s)
Elton Garrett, family, and friends – transferred to B.C. - D. McBride
0083 Elton Garrett’s high school graduation class, 1920. He is in the second row from the top, at the far right.
0084 Elton Garrett at the Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles. (1931)
0085 Elton Garrett, 1917-1918
0086 Melba Garrett (Elton’s sister), 1917-1918
0087 Elton Garrett (1936)
*Elton Garrett, family, and friends – transferred to B.C. Museum - D. McBride (cont’d)
0088 Elton Garrett, 1930s.
0089 Elton Garrett, 1936.
0090 Elton Garrett, 1930s.
0091 Elton Garrett’s mother and father (1920-1930s)
0092 Elton Garrett’s mother and father (1920-1930s)
0093 Elton Garrett and family, 1920s.
0094 Elton Garrett and family, 1920s.
0095 Elton Garrett taking flying lessons, 1930-1931.
0096 Elton Garrett in Helldorado beard and attire, 1936
0097 Elton Garrett at Bureau of Reclamation Dormitory No. 1, 1938-1940.
0098 Elton and his sister Melba Garrett, 1917-1920
0099 Melba and Elton Garrett, 1916-1920.
0100 Elton Garrett, left. (1930s)
0101 Elton Garrett, third from left
0102 Elton Garrett, center. (1930s)
0103 Elton Garrett at Black Canyon tourist concession, 1930-1931.
0104 Elton Garrett at Bureau of Reclamation Dormitory, No. 1, 1938-1940
0105 Elton Garrett, standing, top left. (1920s-1930s)
0106 Elton Garrett. 1930s
0107 Elton Garrett. 1930s
0108 Elton Garrett. 1930s
0109 Elton Garrett. 1931
0110 Elton Garrett. 1930s
0111 Elton Garrett. 1930s
0112 Elton Garrett’s father and sister Melba (?). Aug. 3, 1931
0113 [Probably Melba Garrett, Elton’s sister.] (Aug. 3, 1931)
0114 Elton Garrett, 1941-1942. (Started first high school in Boulder City on Arizona Street; it was completed in 1942.)
0115 Elton Garrett at Boulder City Elementary School, 1938-1940.
0116 Elton Garrett (1930s)
0117 Elton Garrett (late 1930s)
0118 Elton and Madelaine Elwell Garrett, 1944-1945.
0119 L-R: Pat McCarran, (?), Elton Garrett. (1953-1954)
0120 Elton Garrett, (1950s?)
0121 Elton Garrett picking grapes after a snowstorm at his Boulder City home. (1950s)
0122 Elton Garrett
0123 Elton Garrett and his peace plaque. (1981)
0124 Elton M. Garrett standing outside his real estate office, 1981.
0125 Elton Garrett, late 1980s.
*Elton Garrett, family, and friends – transferred to B.C. Museum - D. McBride (cont’d)
0126 Elton M. Garrett, October 1988.
0127 Elton Garrett (fourth from left) with his fellow Shriners. (1980s)
0128 Reporter Elton Garrett at work in his Boulder City office, (1931)
Elton Garrett’s Cross-Country Trip – transferred to B.C. Museum - D. McBride
0129 L-R: Paul Lutzeier and Elton Garrett. (This photo appeared in the Evening News of Sault St. Marie, Mich,. Friday, 8-31-28. p.4 – see news clipping on reverse.)
0130 L-R: Paul Lutzeier and Elton Garrett at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. This was one of their stops on their car trip across the U.S.A, 1927-1928.
0131 Elton Garrett at the Washington Monument. (1927 or 1928)
0132 Various scenes of Washington D.C, taken during Elton Garrett’s trip across the U.S.S. with Paul Lutzeier, 1927-1928. (five photos)
0133 L-R: Paul Lutzeier and Elton Garrett at the Statue of Liberty, New York City, 1927-1928.
0134 L-R: Elton Garrett and Paul Lutzeier, New York City, 1927-1928
0135 Scenes from New York City, 1927-1928 taken during Elton Garrett’s cross-country auto trip. Man in photos is Garrett. (six photos)
0136 Elton Garrett at Mt. Vernon (1927-1928)
0137 Paul Lutzeier (second from left), and his family, 1928
0138 L-R: Elton Garrett and Paul Lutzeier, 1928
0139 Shots of Elton Garrett during his cross-country auto tour, 1927-1928. Location unknown. (eight photos)
0140 Eleven views of the cross-country tour that Elton Garrett and Paul Lutzeier took in 1927-1928. Man in these photos is Lutzeier.
0141 Scenes in New Orleans – three photos taken during Elton Garrett and Paul Lutzeier’s cross-country tour, 1927-1928. Man in these photos is Lutzeier
0142 Four scenes at Niagara Falls from Elton Garrett’s cross-country tour, 1927-1928
0143 Various scenes of Elton Garrett’s cross-country tour, 1927-1928. Locations unknown. (22 photos)
0144 (NEGATIVE ONLY) Elton Garrett on the Oregon/Nevada border, 1927
0145 (NEGATIVE ONLY) Elton Garrett somewhere in Oklahoma. 1927-1928
Elton Garrett, Family, and Friends – transferred to B.C. Museum - D. McBride
0146 Elton Garrett in his hupmobile, 1930-1931.
0147 Elton Garrett and an unidentified woman at an adobe wall, 1928.
0148 Elton Garrett and friends at Mt. Charleston, 1930
0149 Elton Garrett and friends at Mt. Charleston, 1930
0150 Elton Garrett at Hoover Dam, 1933.
0151 Melba Garrett at Hoover Dam, 1933.
0152 Elton Garrett dressed for Helldorado with unidentified woman, 1930s.
0153 Elton Garrett, right. (Photo taken on steps of Bureau of Reclamation Building, Boulder City, NV.) (1934-1935)
0154 Elton Garrett, 1930s
0155 Elton Garrett, right. Others not identified.
0156 Elton Garrett on top of Boulder City’s small water tank on Colorado Street, 1931.
0157 Elton Garrett. Note Boulder Dam license plate on the car. (1931)
0158 Elton Garrett on the road to Black Canyon. (1929-1930)
0159 Elton Garrett (far right) with a group at the Grand Canyon. (1930-1931)
0160 Elton Garrett (middle), 1930
0161 Elton Garrett (right), taken during his trip south with his sister Melba, 1933. (Others not identified)
0162 Melba Garrett (right), Elton’s sister. This photo taken during the Garretts’ trip south in 1933. Other persons not identified.
0163 Photos taken during Elton Garrett and his sister Melba’s trip south in 1933. Locations not identified but the lady pictured is Melba. (5 photos)
0164 Taken on a trip south in 1933. Elton took the trip with his sister Melba. Three of these are taken on board a ship, the fourth is a view of buffalo grazing in a field.
0165 Elton Garrett (left) with friends at Nelson, NV. 1930-1931.
0166 Views of Elton Garrett and his friends at Nelson, NV. 1930-1931. Includes views of mine buildings, caves, etc. People are not identified. (12 photos)
0167 Elton Garrett (left), 1930-1931
0168 Various photos of Elton Garrett. 1928-1930. (8 photos)
0169 Elton Garrett (2nd from right) and friends at [Mt. Charleston?] 1930-1931.
0170 Elton Garrett at the Bureau of Reclamation Building, Boulder City, NV, 1938-1940. (NEGATIVE ONLY)
0171 Elton Garrett posed on the running board of his hupmobile, 1930-1931. (NEGATIVE ONLY)
0172 Elton Garrett in Death Valley, 1930-1931. (NEGATIVE ONLY)
0173 Elton Garrett at Las Vegas Age office, 1929-1930. (NEG. ONLY)
0174 Elton Garrett and unidentified girl posed on a sphinx movie set, southern California, 1980-1931. (NEGATIVE ONLY)
0175 Elton Garrett, 1920s, some in uniform. (4 NEGATIVES ONLY)
*Elton Garrett, Family, and Friends – transferred to B.C. Museum - D. McBride (cont’d)
0176 Elton Garrett family (Elton in one). (2 NEGATIVES ONLY)
0177 Groups which include Elton Garrett, 1920s-1930s. (17 NEGS. ONLY)
Las Vegas
0178 Federal Employment agency building in Las Vegas, 1931. (It was moved from the reservation gate five miles from Boulder City to Las Vegas and the hiring of workers for the dam took place here.)
0179 Federal employment agency in Las Vegas, 1931.
0180 (NEG. ONLY) Federal employment agency. Shown on the day it opened in Las Vegas, 1931.
0181 Camped in Las Vegas where her husband hopes to find work on the Boulder Canyon Project, 1931.
0182 Unidentified man camped in Las Vegas, hoping to find work on the Boulder Canyon Project, 1931.
0183 Campground in Las Vegas for the unemployed, 1931. (photo by G.L. Ullom)
0184 Campground in Las Vegas for the unemployed, 1931. (photo: G.L. Ullom)
0185 Campground in Las Vegas for the unemployed, 1931. (photo: G.L. Ullom)
0186 Family camped in Las Vegas while husband waits, hoping to find work on the Boulder Canyon Project, 1931.
0187 Man camped in Las Vegas, hoping to find work on the Boulder Canyon Project, 1931.
0188 (NEGATIVES ONLY) Negatives of the camp in Las Vegas where the unemployed lived while waiting for work on the Boulder Canyon Project, 1931. (3 negs.)
0189 Casino staff watched the Meadows Hotel/Casino, Las Vegas, as it burned on Labor Day, 1931. Dorothy Baker, a dancer, has her back to the camera.
0190 Members of the staff watched the Meadows Hotel/Casino burn on Labor Day, 1931. Pictured standing in front of the sign is Will Cowan, director of the Meadows revue. Miss Dorothy Baker, a dancer, is behind him.
Celebrities – Las Vegas
0191 Film stars John Gilbert and Ina Claire shown here signing the marriage license after they were married in Las Vegas, May 5, 1929. Man with glasses and tie is A.E. Cahlan, editor of the Las Vegas Evening Review Journal; Charles p. “Pop” Squires, editor of Las Vegas Age, is in background between the newlyweds. (See newspaper citations behind the photo.)
0192 Rex Lease and Eleanor Hunt, film stars married in Las Vegas, April 1931. (See story in Las Vegas Evening Review Journal, 4-15-31. (photo by G.L. Ullom)
0193 Rex Lease and Eleanor Hunt, film stars married in Las Vegas, April 1931. (photo by G.L. Ullom)
0194 Rex Lease and Eleanor Hunt, film stars married in Las Vegas, April 1931. (photo by G.L. Ullom)
0195 Minnie “Ma” Kennedy and Guy Edward “Whataman” Hudson’s wedding at Observation Point, overlooking the Hoover Dam site, Sept. 19, 1931. L-R: (far left) Ryland G. Taylor, one of Hudson’s attorneys; Justice of the Peace Frank M. Ryan; Hudson, holding the license; Ma Kennedy; Mrs. Ryland G. Taylor (dark flowered dress); District Attorney Harley A. Harmon (hat in hand); Mrs. C. P. Squires (hat with feather); Mrs. E. W. Cragin; a reporter; P. L. Lacy, proprietor of Railroad pass store; G. E. “Bud” Bodell, police chief of Boulder City (extreme right). Tall man in very back is Mayor E. W. Cragin of Las Vegas.
0196 (NEGATIVE ONLY) Minnie “Ma” Kennedy and Guy Edward “Whataman” Hudson at the Boulder Club, Las Vegas, August 23-30, 1931.
0197 (NEGATIVE ONLY) View of Boulder Club in Las Vegas with sign advertising Ma Kennedy’s revival, Aug. 23-30, 1931. (See news articles: Las Vegas Evening Review Journal, Aug. 4-6, 8, 12, 22, 24, 25, 27.)
0198 Minnie “Ma” Kennedy at left, 1929-1930. (Rest of group not identified)
0199 Laubach’s Recreation Tavern, Boulder City, Nevada, July 1932. Jack Laubach (left), Guy Edward “Whataman” Hudson (center, behind counter)
0200 Guy Edward “Whataman” Hudson (center, behind counter) and Jack Laubach (in front of the counter and to Hudson’s right). Taken at Laubach’s Recreation Tavern, Boulder City, 1932. (Only place in Boulder City in 1932 where liquor was legal: “near beer” and 4% wine.) (Photo by Elton Garrett)
0201 (NEGATIVES ONLY) Clark County, Nevada records of the marriage of Guy Edward “Whataman” Hudson and L. Margaret Newton in Las Vegas on Nov. 22, 1929. (Hudson was still married to her when he married Ma Kennedy in 1931 at Black Canyon.) (4 negatives)
Las Vegas-Theatre
0202 El Patio Open Air Theatre, Las Vegas, 1929. (photo by G.L. Ullom)
0203 El Patio Open Air Theatre, Las Vegas, 1929. (photo by G.L. Ullom)
0204 Scene from a play being presented at El Patio Open Air Theatre, Las Vegas, 1929. (photo: G. L. Ullom)
0205 Scene from a play being presented at El Patio Open Air Theatre, Las Vegas, 1929. (photo: G. L. Ullom)
0206 Scene from a play being presented at El Patio Open Air Theatre, Las Vegas, 1929. (photo: G. L. Ullom)
0207 Crew and performers studying the movie camera – El Patio Open Air Theatre, Las Vegas, 1929. (photo: G.L. Ullom)
0208 Construction worker, El Patio Open Air Theatre, Las Vegas, 1929. (photo: G. L. Ullom)
0209 Group that performed at the El Patio Open Air Theatre, Las Vegas, 1929. (photo: G. L. Ullom)
0210 Customers lined up to buy tickets at the El Patio Open Air Theatre, Las Vegas, 1929.
0211 Some of the performers at the El Patio pose by the box office where the customers are lined up to buy tickets. (Las Vegas, 1929)
0212 (NEGATIVE ONLY) El Portal Theatre, Las Vegas, 1930.
Hotels, Parks
0213 Northern Club and Hotel, 13 Fremont Street, L.V. 1930-1931. (Ullom photo)
0214 Miners Club, Las Vegas, 1929-1930.
0215 Overland Hotel, Las Vegas, 1930-1931.
0216 Couple posed in front of the Hotel National, Las Vegas, 1929-1930
0217 Nevada Hotel, Las Vegas, 1930-1931.
0218 Nevada Hotel/Hotel Nevada, Las Vegas, 1930-1931.
0219 Swimmers at Lorenzi Park pool, 1930-1931. (photo: G.L. Ullom)
0220 Bridge across the pond at Lorenzi Park, 1931-1932. (Ullom photo)
0221 Pond at Lorenzi Park, 1931-1932. (Ullom photo)
0222 Buildings and pond at Lorenzi Park, Las Vegas, NV. 1931-1932. (Ullom photo)
0223 Swimmers at Lorenzi Park pool, 1931-1932 . (Ullom photo)
0224 Swimmers at Lorenzi Park pool, 1931-1932 . (Ullom photo)
0225 (NEGATIVES ONLY) Two scenes at Lorenzi Park, Las Vegas, NV, 1931-1932
Las Vegas High School
0226 Children carrying flags and signs at the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the new Las Vegas High School, Feb. 22 1930. (Ullom photo)
0227 Dignitaries standing on platform at the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the new Las Vegas High School, Feb. 22 1930. (Ullom photo)
0228 Cornerstone-laying ceremony for the new Las Vegas High School, Feb. 22 1930. (Ullom photo)
0229 Cornerstone-laying ceremony for the new Las Vegas High School, Feb. 22 1930. (Ullom photo)
0230 Cornerstone-laying ceremony for the new Las Vegas High School, Feb. 22 1930. (Ullom photo)
0231 Clark County Court House, Las Vegas, NV. 1930-1931.
0232 Las Vegas High School under construction, 1930
0233 Las Vegas High School faculty, 1931-1932. Elton Garrett (back row, 3rd from right) and Maude Frazier (in row in front of Garrett, wearing glasses). Check Boulder Echo for rest of identification.
0234 Las Vegas High School faculty, 1931-1932. Elton Garrett (back row, 3rd from right) and Maude Frazier (in row in front of Garrett, wearing glasses). Check Boulder Echo for rest of identification.
Miscellaneous
0235 Las Vegas Evening Review Journal newsboys, 1930.
0236 (NEGATIVE ONLY) Block 16, Las Vegas, NV. 1930.
0237 Employees posed in front of Pioneer Painting Co. truck, 1929-1930. The company was owned by Charles W. Aplin.
0238 Pioneer Painting Company truck and employees, 1929-1930. (Charles W. Aplin owned the company.
Artesian Wells & Misc.
0239 Opening an artesian well in Las Vegas, 1929-1932. Fred Balzar, NV gov., is 2nd from left. J. Fred Hesse, mayor of Las Vegas, is at far right. (Ullom photo)
Las Vegas
Artesian Wells & Misc. (cont’d)
0240 Group of people at the opening of an artesian well in L.V. 1929-1932. NV Gov. Fred Balzar, center; L.V. Mayor J.Fred Hesse, second from right.
0241 Opening an artesian well in Las Vegas, 1929-1932. J. Fred Hesse, Center; Fred Balzar, right. (Ullom photo)
0242 Fred Balzar (left) and J. Fred Hesse (right). (Ullom photo)
0243 Las Vegas Mayor J. Fredd Hesse (left) and NV Governor Fred Balzar at opening of an artesian well in Las Vegas, 1929-1932. (Ullom photo)
0244 J. Fred Hesse, Las Vegas Mayor (center) at opening of an artesian well in Las Vegas, 1929-1932. (Ullom photo)
0245 Opening an artesian well in Las Vegas, 1929-1932. J. Fred Hesse (left) and Fred Balzar (right). (Ullom photo)
0246 Opening an artesian well in Las Vegas, 1929-1932. Las Vegas Mayor J. Fred Hesse (left) and NV Gov. Fred Balzar (2nd from right) (Ullom photo)
0247 L-R: Las Vegas Mayor J. Fred Hesse and NV Gov. Fred Balzar at opening an artesian well, 1929-1932. (Ullom photo)
0248 Residential area in Las Vegas, NV. 1929-1930
0249 Las Vegas Creek with water wheel at Las Vegas Fort, 1931.
0250 Las Vegas snow scene, 1930-1931. (man is Elton Garrett)
0251 Las Vegas after a snowstorm – most of snow has melted. Clark County Court House in background. (1930-1931)
0252 Snowstorm in Las Vegas, (1930-1931)
0253 Snow scene in Las Vegas – SP, LA, & SL Railroad Depot in background 1930-1931
0254 Street scene in Las Vegas after a snowstorm, 1930-1931
0255 Two women building a snowman in Las Vegas, 1931-1932
Boxing
0256 Boxers in Las Vegas, 1929. Harley A. Harmon (second from left); Las Vegas Mayor J. Fred Hesse (fourth from left); boxer Ace Hudkins (in robe).
0257 Front row, L-R: Harley A. Harmon, J. Fred Hesse, Boxer Ace Hudkins, in Las Vegas (1929).
0258 Boxer Ace Hudkins (right) fighting in Las Vegas, 1929.
0259 Boxer Ace Hudkins (left) standing in front of Las Vegas Mayor Hesse’s office, 1929
Las Vegas-Boxing (cont’d)
0260 Boxer Jack Dempsey (center) with his manager Gene Normile (right in Las Vegas, June 19, 1929. (Refer to Las Vegas Evening Review of same date)
0261 Jack Dempsey and his manager Gene Normile (in white hat) sparring around in Las Vegas, 1929. (Ullom photo)
0262 Jack Dempsey (4th from right) and his manager Gene Normile (white hat and cigar) talking with some of the locals in Las Vegas, 1929.
0263 Jack Dempsey (left) in Las Vegas, June 1929.
0264 Mayor of Las Vegas J. Fred Hesse (left) with unidentified boxing figures, 1929.
0265 Unidentified boxing figures in Las Vegas, 1929.
0266 Seven negatives: unidentified boxing figures in Las Vegas, 1929-1930. (NEGATIVES ONLY)
Wrestling
0266a Wrestlers in Las Vegas, 1929-1930.
0267 Wrestlers in Las Vegas, 1929-1930.
0268 Wrestlers in Las Vegas, 1929-1930.
0269 Wrestlers in Las Vegas, 1929-1930.
0270 Wrestlers in Las Vegas, 1929-1930.
Airplanes
0271 Airplanes in Las Vegas, 1929-1930. (Ullom photo)
0272 Refueling an airplane in Las Vegas, 1929-1930. (Ullom photo)
0273 Two men standing in front of a Boulder Airlines plane. (Las Vegas, 1929-1930) (Ullom photo)
0274 Airplanes in Las Vegas, 1929-1930. (Ullom photo)
0275 Group of people standing beside an airplane in Las Vegas, 1929-1930. (Ullom photo)
0276 Airplanes in Las Vegas, 1929-1930. (Ullom photo)
0277 Aerial view of [Las Vegas] as seen from inside the airplane, 1929-1930. (Ullom photo)
0278 Three people standing by an airplane in Las Vegas, 1929-1930. (Ullom photo)
Las Vegas-Airplanes (cont’d)
0279 Airplane in Las Vegas, 1929-1930. (Ullom photo)
0280 Miscellaneous views of airplanes and groups of people (standing near planes) , 1929-1930. (9 NEGATIVES ONLY)
Wrestling
0281 Ira Dern, fought in World Championship Wrestling Match, El Patio Theatre, Las Vegas, 1929. (Ullom photo) See list of related news stores on back of photo.
0282 George Batalis wrestling in Las Vegas, El Patio Open Air Theatre, 1929. (Ullom photo)
0283 L-R: Leo Papionis (Greek wrestle from Los Angeles); Ira Dern (world light heavyweight grappling champion); George Batalis (Las Vegas wrestler), preparing for World Championship Wrestling Match at El Patio Open Air Theatre, Las Vegas, May 23, 1929.
0284 Leo Papionis (left) and Ira Dern (right), competed for world championship wrestling title in Las Vegas, May 23, 1929. (Ullom photo)
0285 Leo Papionis, wrestler, in Las Vegas (1929). (5 views by Ullom)
0286 Leo Papionis, wrestler defeated in Las Vegas, 1929. (G. L. Ullom photo)
0287 Leo Papionis (dark hair) and George Batalis wrestling in Las Vegas at El Patio Open Air Theatre, 1929. (four views – Ullom photos)
0288 Wrestling scenes from the World Championship Wrestling Match held in Las Vegas, 1929. (3 views – Ullom photos)
Miscellaneous
0289 Town Barbecue Stand after delivery truck crashed through the front wall. (see article in Las Vegas Evening Review Journal, November 19, 1931.
0290 Leonard “Swede” Ohrn seated at the counter of the Town Barbecue. His delivery truck crashed through the wall behind him (while he was eating) after it was struck by another car – 1931. (see news article on reverse of photo board.)
0291 Leonard Kip Rhinelander (center) with his attorneys Thomas J. Salter (left) and Harley A. Harmon (right), 1929. (see list of related articles on back of board)
0292 Harley A. Harmon (left), 1929. (Ullom photo)
Las Vegas-Miscellaneous (cont’d)
0293 Leonard Kip Rhinelander (center) with his attorneys Thomas J. Salter (right) and Harley A. Harmon (left); Harmon and Salter were law partners. (Ullom photo, 1929) (see related article on reverse photo board)
0294 (NEGATIVES ONLY) L-R: Thomas J. Salter, Leonard Kip Rhinelander, and Harley A. Harmon, 1929.
0295 Mules grading for Boulder Highway, 1931.
Oil Drilling
0296 Drilling for oil in the Las Vegas Valley, 1930-1932.
0297 Drilling for oil in the Las Vegas Valley, 1930-1932. (“Swede Anderson”)
0298 Drilling for oil in the Las Vegas Valley, 1930-1932. (“Swede Anderson”)
0299 Drilling for oil in the Las Vegas Valley, 1930-1932. (“Swede Anderson”)
0300 Crowd watching as they drill for oil in the Las Vegas Valley, 1930-1932
0301 Scenes of oil drilling in the Las Vegas Valley, 1930-1932. (“Swede Anderson”)
Miscellaneous
0302 Ice delivery sign – Las Vegas – 1929-1931.
0303 [Southern Nevada Telephone Co. office?], 1930.
0304 [Southern Nevada Telephone Co. office?], 1930. Telephone truck and driver in foreground
0305 Parade in Las Vegas, 1930s
0306 Chamber of Commerce float, parade in Las Vegas, 1930s. (two men unidentified)
0307 (NEGATIVES ONLY) Parade in Las Vegas, 1930s. One view shows Chamber of Commerce float. (2 negs.)
0308 (NEGATIVES ONLY) Burros near Black Canyon, 1930-1031. (3 views)
0309 (NEGATIVES ONLY) Las Vegas High School football players and coaches. (1930) (12 views)
0310 Early football game in Las Vegas, 1930s. (Ullom photo)
0311 Early football game in Las Vegas, 1930s. (Ullom photo)
Las Vegas-Labor Union Officials
0312 Art Parvin, President of Barbers Union, Las Vegas. (1930)
0313 E.C. Fisher, President of Electricians Union, Las Vegas. (1930)
0314 W.E. Robertson, President of Carpenter’s Union, Las Vegas. (1930)
0315 C.E. Dugan, President of Painter’s Union, Las Vegas. (1930)
0316 Joe F. Colvin, President of the Central Labor Union, Las Vegas. (1930) He was also President of the Plumbers and Steamfitters Union.
0317 George Lindsey, Carpenters’ delegate to Central Labor Union, 1930.
0318 Central Labor Union Committee for Las Vegas Labor Day celebrations, 1931. (L-R) Chairman W.E. Robertson; George Lindsey; Martin Connell; Jerry Flynn; Larry Bates; W.C. Brown, C.E. Dugan; Joe F. Colvin, Pres. Of Central Labor Union. (See Las Vegas Review Journal, 9-7-31)
0319 Central Labor Union Committee for Las Vegas Labor Day celebrations, 1931. (see 0265 0318 for identification)
0320 L-R: Art Parvin and E.C. Fisher, labor union officials in Las Vegas, 1930-1931.
0321 L-R: W.E. Robertson and George Lindsey, labor union officials in Las Vegas, 1930-1931.
0322 L-R: Martin Connnell, Joe F. Colvin, and C.E. Dugan, labor union officials in Las Vegas, 1930-1931.
0323 Las Vegas labor union officials in charge of Labor Day celebrations, 1930. L-R: Martin Connell, James Farndale, William Gore, Robert H. Elser, Ira Liebert, Charles Watkins, and Eddie Bruner.
0324 Las Vegas labor union officials and committee in charge of Las Vegas Labor Day 1930 celebrations. (see 0265 0323 for i.d’s) (also see related story in Las Vegas Evening Review Journal, 9-1-30.)
Labor Day Parade
0325 Covered wagon in Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, 1930. (Ullom photo)
0326 People standing by open car, which was decorated for Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, 1930. (Ullom photo)
0327 Cars decorated for Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, 1930. (Ullom photo)
0328 Car decorated for Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, 1930. (Ullom photo)
0329 Decorated car and people in Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, 1930. (Ullom photo)
0330 Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, 1930. Note arch over street reading: “Welcome to Las Vegas, the gateway to Boulder Dam.”
Las Vegas-Labor Day Parade (cont’d)
0331 Band in Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, 1930. (3 views) (Ullom photo)
0332 Las Vegas Review-Journal Press car in Labor Day Parade, 1930. (Ullom photo)
0333 Miscellaneous scenes of the Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, 1930. Includes floats, boy scout troops, flag bearers, etc. Photos by Ullom. (16 photos)
0334 Car decorated for Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, 1930. Sign reads: “Standard Merc. Furniture, No. 6th St.” (Ullom photo)
0335 National Hotel float in Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, 1930. (Ullom photo)
0336 People perched on truck decorated for the Labor Day parade in Las Vegas, 1930. (Ullom photo)
Miscellaneous
0337 Albert Henderson home, 704 S. Ninth Street, Las Vegas. This Mission-Revival style residence was built in the 1930s. (see articles on reverse, one of which was taken from Historic Preservation and Planning Guidelines, City of Las Vegas.)
0338 Albert Henderson home, &04S. Ninth Street, Las Vegas, 1930-1931. (see #0265 0337)
0339 Albert Henderson home, Las Vegas, 1930-1931. (11 NEGATIVES ONLY)
0340 Rodeo in Las Vegas, 1930.
0341 Rodeo participants, Las Vegas, 1930.
0342 Rodeo in Las Vegas, 1930.
0343 Rodeo participants in Las Vegas, 1930.
0344 Rodeo in Las Vegas, 1930.
0345 Rodeo in Las Vegas, 1930.
0346 Scenes from rodeo in Las Vegas, 1930. (9 photos – negatives for some) (Ullom photo)
0347 Tornado damage in Midway City, eight miles out of the Boulder Dam highway, 1931. (see story in LV Evening Review Journal, July 25, 1931.)
0348 Tornado damage in Midway City, eight miles out of the Boulder Dam highway, 1931.
0349 Tornado victims in Midway City, 1931. Woman is Mrs. Joe Leavy, child is three-year-old (Baby) Bell. (see story in LV Evening Review Journal, July 25, 1931)
0350 Tornado victims in Midway City, 1931. Mrs. Joe Leavy, (Baby) Bell, and (?).
Las Vegas-House moving, Construction, etc.
0351 Moving a house in Las Vegas, 1930-1931.
0352 Moving a house in Las Vegas, 1930-1931.
0353 Moving a house in Las Vegas, 1930-1931.
0354 Moving a house in Las Vegas, 1930-1931.
0355 (NEGATIVES ONLY) Six negatives a house being moved in Las Vegas, 1930-1931.
0356 Two views of a home in Las Vegas, 1930s.
0357 Building something (probably a house), Las Vegas, 1930.
0358 Building a [house] in Las Vegas, 1930
0359 Building something in Las Vegas, 1930
0360 Constructing something in Las Vegas (probably a house), 1930.
0361 Construction scene in Las Vegas, 1930.
0362 Construction scene in Las Vegas, 1930.
0363 (NEGATIVES ONLY) Construction scenes in Las Vegas, 1930. (4 views)
Fremont Street
0364 [Fremont Street?], 1929-1930.
0365 Fremont Street, 1930.
0366 [Lower Fremont Street?], 1930s.
Las Vegas-Fort/Concrete Testing Laboratory
0367 Las Vegas Fort in ruins, 1929-1930.
0368 Las Vegas Fort, 1929-1930. (Ullom photo)
0369 Old Las Vegas Fort, 1929-1930.
0370 Las Vegas Fort in ruins, 1929-1930.
0371 Las Vegas Fort being renovated into a concrete testing laboratory for the Bureau of Reclamation, 1930. (note map #U 2.57.3)
0372 Las Vegas Fort being renovated. It will be a gravel testing laboratory for the Bureau of Reclamation. (1930)
0373 Las Vegas Fort in ruins prior to renovation into a concrete testing laboratory for the Bureau of Reclamation, 1930.
0374 Las Vegas Fort being renovated into a concrete testing laboratory for the Bureau of Reclamation, 1930. (see articles in Las Vegas Evening Review, 7-9-29 and 8-30-29.)
0375 Worker renovating Las Vegas Fort into a concrete testing laboratory for the Bureau of Reclamation, 1930. (Ullom photo)
0376 Children standing in ruins of the Las Vegas Fort, 1930. (Ullom photo)
0377 View of a room inside the concrete testing laboratory which was formerly Las Vegas Fort. (1929-1930)
0378 L-R: O.G. Patch, Walker R. Young, and G.G. Walker at the Las Vegas Fort. (1929-1930)
0379 L-R: O.G. Patch, Walker R. Young, and G.G. Walker at the Old Las Vegas Fort which was renovated into a concrete testing laboratory for the Bureau of Reclamation. (1929-1930)
0380 L-R: O.G. Patch, Walker R. Young, and G.G. Walker at the Old Las Vegas Fort. (1929-1930)
Miscellaneous
0381 Helldorado float, 1947-1948. (possibly Boulder City Chamber of Commerce entry.) (photo by Cliff’s Photo Shop.)
0382 Scene from “Lido de Paris” at the Stardust Hotel, 1962.
0383 Flooding along College Avenue, North Las Vegas, 1962.
0384 Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce billboard on Highway 91 (Las Vegas Strip), 1950s-1960s. (Las Vegas News Bureau photo)
0385 Night view of Las Vegas skyline (looking towards downtown), 1982.
0386 Rotary Club at Henderson townsite – 1943.
0387 Bonanza Air Lines plane flying over Hoover Dam.
0388 Map of irrigable areas near Boulder Dam (adapted from Bureau of Reclamation’s General Map of Irrigable Areas) (Feb. 20, 1935)
0389 Elevation drawing for the Boulder City School, 1932. (published in the Boulder City Journal, 3-11-32)
0390 [Avenue M house, Boulder City, 1950s.] “Mr. A.R. Bourne 532 Ave M Boulder City” – handwritten inscription.
0391 Railroad Pass junkyard, 1961.
0392 Three (3) aerial photos, location not identified.) (1974)
Las Vegas-Miscellaneous
0393 [Town in Nevada?, 1961]
0394 Nevada (?) mining town with tailings. (1961)
0395 Lake Mead Marina, 1961. The round structure on the island is the old water clarifying tank built by the Six Companies for Hoover Dam construction. Water pumped up from Colorado River was clarified before being pumped over to the gravel washing and screening plant further up in Hemenway Wash. *transferred to Boulder City Museum*
0396 Artist’s rendering: Las Vegas Convention Hall.
0397 Hoover Dam – downstream side – 1961.
0398 Boulder Beach on Lake Mead – 1961.
0399 Hoover Dam – 1961
0400 Boulder City – Hotel Plaza, 1961. *trans. to B.C. Museum*
0401 Hemenway Wash and Lake Mead. (1961)
0402 Government cableway mechanism at Hoover Dam. (1961)
0403 Interior of the Boulder City Elks Club. (1960s) *trans. to B.C. Museum*
0404 Temporary school house in Boulder City (1931). (Students pose outside school) *trans. to B.C. Museum*
0405 [Probably Lake Mead – boat landings and boats on lake]
0406 “Tadpole shrimp” found living in Dry Lake near Boulder City. *trans. to B.C. Museum*
0407 “Tadpole shrimp” found in the Dry Lake near Boulder City. *trans. to B.C. Museum*
0408 Eldorado Dry Lake in Eldorado Valley near Boulder City. (August 1946)