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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	Employees -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- 1930-1940 Employment agencies -- 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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