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Folder 01, LLB, 3, SCA Main Stacks, Collection Cabinets [Cabinet: 8, Drawer: D], PH--00232, Franklin M. Murphy Photograph Collection

Archival objects in this container:

  1. Laborers harvest carrots in the Imperial Valley, California: photographic print and negative, approximately 1930 to 1933
  2. Unidentified man by the Colorado River near Black Canyon, Nevada: photographic print and negative, approximately 1930 to 1933
  3. The Colorado River at Cape Horn, Nevada, showing Six Companies, Inc. worker housing: photographic print, approximately 1930 to 1933
  4. Aerial view of the Colorado River at Black Canyon, southern Nevada, courtesy of Spencer Air Photos: photographic print, 1929 January 13
  5. View of the Colorado River at Black Canyon, southern Nevada, taken from the top of the Hoover Dam during its construction: photographic print, approximately 1930 to 1933
  6. Powerplant used during Hoover Dam construction, southern Nevada: photographic print, approximately 1930 to 1933
  7. Aerial view of the Hoover Dam site on the Colorado River at Black Canyon, southern Nevada, courtesy of Fairchild Aerial Surveys, California: photographic print, 1930 June 27
  8. Aerial view of the Hoover Dam site in Black Canyon, southern Nevada, courtesy of Fairchild Aerial Surveys, California: photographic print, 1930 June 27
  9. Tourists at lookout point on the Black Canyon, southern Nevada: photographic print, approximately 1930 to 1933
  10. Unidentified individual holding a rock and a pickaxe by the Colorado River, possibly southern Nevada: photographic print, approximately 1930 to 1933
  11. Unidentified individuals walk near the lower portion of Black Canyon, southern Nevada: photographic print, approximately 1930 to 1933
  12. View looking south along the Colorado River, about five miles below the dam site, southern Nevada: photographic print, approximately 1930 to 1933
  13. The Colorado River at sunrise, twelve miles below the dam site, southern Nevada: photographic print, approximately 1930 to 1933
  14. The Colorado River, seven miles below the dam site, southern Nevada: photographic print, approximately 1930 to 1933
  15. Unidentified man standing by the Colorado River, five miles below the dam site, southern Nevada: photographic print, approximately 1930 to 1933
  16. Surveyors overlook Black Canyon, southern Nevada: photographic print, approximately 1930 to 1933
  17. Colorado River, twelve miles below the dam site, southern Nevada: photographic print, approximately 1930 to 1933
  18. View of Boulder City, Nevada: photographic print, approximately 1930 to 1933
  19. View of Boulder City, Nevada: photographic print, approximately 1930 to 1933
  20. View of an administration building, Boulder City, Nevada: photographic print, approximately 1930 to 1933
  21. Hoover Dam construction crew arriving in Boulder City, Nevada: photographic print and negative, approximately 1930 to 1933
  22. People outside of a store in Boulder City, Nevada: photographic print, approximately 1930 to 1933
  23. Bridge over the Colorado River, possibly near Yuma, Arizona: photographic print, approximately 1930 to 1933
  24. Coachella Valley, California date factory: photographic print, approximately 1930 to 1933
  25. Unidentified man working at a date farm, Coachella Valley, California: photographic print, approximately 1930 to 1933