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| Title | Description of early Boulder City |
| Play video or audio | http://banyan.library.unlv.edu:8080/ramgen/conquer2.rm (video) |
| Photographer/Artist/Creator | United States. Bureau of Reclamation |
| Original Date | 1939? |
| Summary/Description | Boulder City is described as a model American town. This is from the motion picture Conquering the Colorado |
| Subject | Boulder City (Nev.) -- 1930-1940Six Companies -- Nevada -- Boulder City -- 1930-1940 |
| Full Text | Narrator: In what had once been an uninhabited, waterless desert, supporting only a sparse, inhospitable growth of chaparral and cactus, the beautiful little town of Boulder City was built within the short space of fifteen months to house the army of 5000 men to be employed. Here was no construction camp such as was known in the early days of the West. Instead, Boulder City was developed as a model town, furnishing every facility and convenience to its inhabitants. Four churches, a modern, fully equipped school, and various civic organizations met the cultural requirements of the community, while a theater and several clubs furnished recreation. A thriving business section developed along the principal streets, while pleasant homes surrounded by gardens faced the broad, tree-lined residential avenues of this modern, spotless town. The buildings housing the offices of the Bureau of Reclamation and the civic administration, which operated directly under the federal government, were set in the midst of pleasant parks, which were welcome havens of rest after the days labors in a country where the summer temperature often reached 125-degrees above zero. In the business section of the town, arcades formed a protection against the tropic sun; lovely flower gardens bloomed in marked contrast with the surrounding desert. Lining street after street, the white cottages of the married workmen recall to mind the military camps of 1918, while single men were housed in air-cooled dormitories, each accommodating 176 occupants. |
| Coverage | Nevada--Boulder City |
| Image Number | TC557.5.H6 C65x |
| 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 Libraries, Special Collections at: http://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/ |
| Format | Video/RealMedia 0:01:31 minutes |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Mirocapture capturing software; Helix conversion software |
| File Name | conquer2.rm |
| Contributor | Six Companies |
| Resource Type | Moving Image |
| Source | United States. Bureau of Reclamation |
| Holding Institution | University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries, Special Collections |
| Digital Collection | Early Las Vegas. Hoover Dam |
