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Film strip of Boulder City or Hoover Dam construction, image 021: photographic print

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Download pho030919.tif (image/tiff; 26.67 MB)

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Date

1937 (year uncertain; year approximate) to 1939 (year uncertain; year approximate)

Description

This photograph has three images. The first one (0272_0101) depicts a typical dam worker's home. It has a handwritten inscription that reads, "For Sale: former 'dam worker's' home." The second one (0272_0102) shows a billboard outside of Las Vegas, circa late 1930s. It reads "Las Vegas, Nevada. Gateway to world's greatest engineering project - Boulder Dam." The third image (0272_0103) shows the Boulder Dam and reads, "Finished" (duplicate of Image 0272_0097).

Digital ID

pho030919

Physical Identifier

0272_0101; 0272_0102; 0272_0103
    Details

    Citation

    pho030919. Barbara and John Kizziar Photograph Collection, approximately 1986-1992. PH-00272. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1dj58t7f

    Rights

    This material is made available to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. It may be protected by copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity rights, or other interests not owned by UNLV. Users are responsible for determining whether permissions are necessary from rights owners for any intended use and for obtaining all required permissions. Acknowledgement of the UNLV University Libraries is requested. For more information, please see the UNLV Special Collections policies on reproduction and use (https://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/research_and_services/reproductions) or contact us at special.collections@unlv.edu

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    Digital Provenance

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

    Language

    English

    Geographic Coordinate

    36.01609, -114.73804; 35.97859, -114.83249

    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

    Format

    image/tiff