American Legion; VFW

Name/Title

American Legion; VFW

Entry/Object ID

Box 10-C

Collection

3D Artifacts

Archive Items Details

Description

Container list Box 10-C Boulder City -- Clubs and Organizations American Legion; VFW 000.51.13 Masonic button 000.61.1a-c three (3) Sons of the American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps uniform patches 000.109 Boulder City Chamber of Commerce - mug (1985) 000.115.2 Operation Godspeed ribbon 000.115.3 "School Days and Memories," [book- Boulder City Business and Professional Women Club] 001.30.1 Sons of the American Legion cap 001.30.2 American Legion, BC Post #31, cap with patch and medals 001.30.3 American Legion, 2 District, Nevada cap 001.30.4 American Legion Auxiliary, BC Post #31, cap 001.30.5 zippered blue silk carrying pouch for items 001.30.1-4 001.41.19 Boulder City Chamber of Commerce member plaque [1970s] 001.54 Sons of the American Legion helmet 001.63 Sons of the American Legion uniform patch 001.133.2-4 Boulder Rifle & Pistol Club medals [1946-47] 004.139.14 First Western Savings and Loan Association account pass book for the Wimodausis organization, 1965-67 [black and gold; 3.25" x 4.51 005.016 American Legion, Nev. Dept., ribbon, medallion, and i.d. tag for the "14th Annual Convention, June 9-11/Las Vegas, Nevada/1932;" the delegate was L. W. Roush from Boulder City, 6" 1. x 2" w.; includes 1931 Hoover Dam commemorative coin attached to the bottom, a metal frame at the top with typewritten label reading, "L. W. Roush/Delegate/Boulder City" (L. W. Roush was Leonard W. Roush, the first telegrapher and station master for the Union Pacific Railroad in Boulder City.) The museum has a biography file on Leonard and his wife, Hattie Deane, and a biography file on Leonard's and Hattie's son, William Leonard and wife, Elizabeth "Taffy" Roush [Koterba]. Elizabeth Roush Koterba, on April 27, 1999, donated to the museum the package scale Roush used in the original Boulder City station of the Union Pacific Railroad, 1931-35, accession no. 999.19.1)] 007.006.1 1933 VFW [Veterans of Foreign Wars] Las Vegas Encampment souvenir program 007.006.2 1933 VFW [Veterans of Foreign Wars] Las Vegas Encampment delegate badge for George W. Wilber 007.031 corporate seal for the Boulder City Industrial Foundation, c. 1960s [in maroon plastic pouch; 4" x 6"] 007.033 Boulder City American Legion Post 31 cap with three badges, c. 1960s-70s [black with gold trim; wool and Dacron polyester blend, size 7.25; three badges pinned to the hat: "Past Vice-Commander;" "Past Commander;" "Past Adjutant"; hat measures 5" x 111 019.022.1a-b BOULDERCITYOPOLY game created as fundraiser. Stored outside box. No # American Legion 44th Anniversary Convention Pin No # Grand Lodge F.&A.M. of Nevada, conv. dated Nov 8-9, 1971, businessman's pouch

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

BC Library Basement

Date

September 23, 2025

Created By

bcmha.archives@gmail.com

Create Date

September 23, 2025

Updated By

bcmha.archives@gmail.com

Update Date

November 28, 2025