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Photograph of the Hoover Dam construction site, April 23, 1932

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Date

1932-04-23

Description

On April 23, 1932, the Hoover Dam construction site was the scene for an unprecedented "hot sands" initiation ceremony by the Al Malaikah Temple of the Shrine of Los Angeles. Physical object has an insert containing additional biographical information.

Digital ID

pho017647

Physical Identifier

0204_0054
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Citation

pho017647. Jacob E. Von Tobel Photograph Collection. PH-00204. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d15x25g95.

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Digital Provenance

Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

Extent

6006 x 3476 pixels
10.01 x 5.793 inches
62,656,028 bytes

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

image/tiff