Photographs of prayer dedication of the Boulder Dam site, circa 1931

Image

hln000015-001
Image

hln000015-002

Information

Date

1931 (year approximate)

Description

Two views of the assembled guests present for the dedicatory prayer of the Hoover Dam construction site.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from the back of Photo 1: "Dedicatiary (sic) site of Boulder Dam, 1-r, 4- Mrs. Thomas, 5- Art Ham Sr., 6- Bess Pembroke (white hat), 7- Ata Ham (lt. tweed coat), 8- Nana Lightfoot, 9- Mrs. Minetti, 10- Mrs. Martin, 1st row- far right Harley Harmon." Transcribed from facsimile accompanying Photo 2: "Prayer; dedication of damsite (sic), r-1, 6- Nellie Martin, 7- Bess Pembroke, 8- "Nana" Lightfoot, 9- Roy Martin, 10- Art Ham, Sr."

Digital ID

hln000015

Physical Identifier

0012:0053

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1vh5gh44

Details

Subject

Building sites

Dedications

Arch dams--Design and construction

Men

Sand

Time Period

1930s (1930 - 1939)

Place

Clark County

Mohave County

Resource Type

Still Image

Material Type

photographic prints

photographs

Archival Collection

Betty Ham Dokter Photograph Collection

Digital Project

The Historic Landscape of Nevada: Development, Water and Natural Environment

More Info

Citation

hln000015. Betty Ham Dokter Photograph Collection, 1850-1976. PH-00012. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1vh5gh44

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Digital Provenance

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

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

image/tiff

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