Postcard of the Hoover Dam site, Las Vegas, circa 1930

Information

Date

1929 to 1935

Description

Postcard showing the site in Black Canyon where Hoover Dam was originally meant to be built. The name evolved from "Black Canyon Dam" to "Boulder Dam" and was officially named Hoover Dam in the late 1940s. Note on front of post card: "Looking upstream Colorado river Black Canyon Dam Site"; Handwritten note and diagram on back of photo: "Hold this to light and you can get some idea of dimensions of dam."

Digital ID

pho013994

Physical Identifier

0003_0049

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1wp9t86n

Details

Subject

Dams

Rivers

Canyons

Resource Type

Still Image

Material Type

postcards

Source

Postcard of the Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) site in Black Canyon, 1929-1935

Archival Collection

Doris Hancock Photograph Collection

More Info

Citation

pho013994. Doris Hancock Photograph Collection. PH-00003. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1wp9t86n.

Rights

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Standardized Rights Statement

Digital Provenance

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

Extent

3287 x 2113 pixels

5.48 x 3.52 inches

20,837,173 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

image/tiff

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