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Ragtown (also known as Williamsville) on the shore of the Colorado River near Black Canyon

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Title Ragtown (also known as Williamsville) on the shore of the Colorado River near Black Canyon
Publisher University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries
Date 1931
Description Tent camp where construction workers for Hoover Dam lived before barracks were constructed for them. Cars are parked throughout the encampment, and a man is walking along an unpaved road in the foreground. There is a mountain in the background. View is looking northeast.
Subject Tents; Construction camps; Automobiles; Mountains Construction camps; Transportation
Format image/jp2 9252 KB
Type Still Image
Relation http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/dig,8
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Identifier http://digital.library.unlv.edu:81/u?/lv_water,642

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