Boulder City the first grocery store, 1931

Photograph

Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

0007:0333

Grocery stores: the first grocery store

Name/Title

Boulder City the first grocery store, 1931

Entry/Object ID

0007:0333

Description

Boulder City - restaurants, cafes, coffeehouses / grocery stores: the first grocery store / cafe in Boulder City located at the bottom of Colorado Street on the truck route to Hoover Dam at the bottom of the hill [according to Sherl Stice, 23 May 1986]; l-r: W.F.Shields, owner; Harry Buchanan, cook; Mrs. Shields, April 21, 1931 [see Las Vegas Evening Review Journal, April 28, 1931, p.1] [International Newsreel Photo/Central Press Association Reference Dept., April 25, 1931] *Jack Shields, brother (?) of W.F. Shields, bought the nearby Hunger Cure restaurant [0002:0733-0735] in January 1932 [Las Vegas Age, January 9, 1932, 1:1], The Shields Brothers had owned a store for some years before that it Hesse's Camp on the Colorado River near the mouth of Las Vegas Wash.

Made/Created

Date made

Apr 28, 1931

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Location

* Untyped Location

Research Room, Photo Drawer 2

Date

April 15, 2026

General Notes

Note

Notes: Also see: 0002:0732, Acc. No. 001.164; 0043:0036 (neg) [UPRR Collection] Boulder City's first grocery and cafe--the hunger cafe-- at the bottom of the hill at the intersection of Colorado St and the U.S. 93 truck route; l-r: Mr. W.F. Shields, Harry Buchanan, chef, and Mrs. Shields (April 18, 1931)

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

November 30, 2020

Updated By

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Update Date

September 11, 2026