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Federal employment agency in Las Vegas, 1931
Title
Federal
employment
agency
in
Las
Vegas
,
1931
Original Date
1931
Summary/Description
This
photograph
depicts
a
group
of
men
milling
around
the
Federal
employment
agency
in
Las
Vegas
,
hoping
to be
hired
to
work
on
Hoover
Dam.
The
agency
was a
simple
one-story
building
run
by
Labor
Commissioner
Leonard
Blood
Men
came
from
all
over
the
United
States
during
the
Depression
with
hopes
of
finding
work
on the
Hoover
Dam
project.
(1931)
Subject
Employment agencies -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- 1930-1940
Employees -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- 1930-1940
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction
Coverage
Nevada
-
Las
Vegas
Image Number
0265 0179
Access and Ordering Information
Not to be reproduced without permission. To purchase copies of images and/or for copyright information, contact University of Nevada, Las Vegas Llibraries, Special Collections at:
http://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/
Format
Image/jpeg
63.8
kb
Digital Reproduction Information
Tiff master image; 400 dpi; AGFA Duoscan T1200 scanner; AGFA FotoLook 32 V3.50.0 scanning software
File Name
0265_0179.jpg
Resource Type
Image
Source
Elton
and
Madelaine
Garrett
Collection
Holding Institution
University
of
Nevada
,
Las
Vegas
Libraries
,
Special
Collections
Digital Collection
Early Las Vegas. Hoover Dam
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