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Film transparency of men with photography equipment on the Colorado River, March 16, 1935
Date
1935-03-16
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image with the following printed description: Airplane motor propelled boat used in photographic survey of Colorado River between dam and Jumbo Wash.
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Film transparency of Tyrone Power and others visiting Hoover Dam, May 26, 1939
Date
1939-05-26
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image with the following printed description: "Boulder Canyon. Mr. and Mrs. Tyrone Power visit Boulder Dam. With them are Mr. Marion McKeen (Thompson Trophy Pilot) who flew the Powers to Boulder City, and R. B. Spearman who conducted the party through the powerhouse." Note: Mrs. Tyrone Power was the actress, Annabella. Also, Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Film transparency of people at the Black Canyon Hoover Dam site, June 23, 1939
Date
1939-06-23
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image with the following printed description: Visit of Secretary Wilbur and party to Black Canyon Damsite. Party at St. Thomas, Nevada.
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Film transparency of rowboats on Lake Mead, August 1, 1947
Date
1947-08-01
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image with the following printed description detailing the list of boat passengers in the picture: Jay Porter, Boulder City, in his Express Cruiser escorts the Nevills Expedition into Pierce Perry, Arizona, at the headwaters of Lake Mead. Left to right in the "Joan" are: Mrs. Otis Marston, Berkeley, Calif., Joe Desloge, Jr., St. Louis, Missouri, at the oars, and Dr. Otis Marston, Berkeley, Calif.; in the "Sandra" are: Anne Desloge, St. Louis, Missouri, Garth Marston, Berkeley, Calif., at the oars and Zoe Desloge, St. Louis, Missouri; in the "Mexican Hat" are: Joe Desloge, St. Louis, Missouri, Kent Frost, boatman, and Marie Salnsfrank, St. Louis, Missouri; in the "Wen" are: Randall Henderson, Editor of Desert Magazine, El Centro, Calif., Norman Nevills at the oars and A. Milotte Wait, Disney Productions, Burbank, Calif.
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Film transparency of W.F. Knowland, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Taft at Hoover Dam, September 18, 1947
Date
1947-09-18
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image with the following printed description: View showing Senator Wm. F. Knowland, left, Mrs. R.A. Taft and Senator Robert A. Taft during a recent visit to world famous Hoover Dam.
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Film transparency of petroglyphs at Valley of Fire, Nevada, April 20, 1935
Date
1935-04-20
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image with the following printed description: Ancient Indian petroglyphs at Atlatl Rock, Valley of Fire near St. Thomas, Nevada.
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Film transparency of kiva at the Lost City near St. Thomas, Nevada, May 13, 1934
Date
1934-05-13
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image with the following printed description: Restored kiva or underground ceremonial chamber at Lost City (Pueblo Escondido), near St. Thomas, Nevada.
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Film transparency of Old Mormon Canal near Overton, Nevada, February 20, 1948
Date
1948-02-20
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image with the following printed description: Site of Old Mormon Canal which was in use about 1865 near Overton, Nevada.
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Film transparency of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Louis R. Douglass at Hoover Dam, June 22, 1952
Date
1952-06-22
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of General Dwight D. Eisenhower (prior to becoming President) and Hoover Dam's Director of Power, Louis R. Douglass, talking while on the ramp of the dam's powerhouse.
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Film transparency of the Boulder City, Nevada Charter Committee, December 1958
Date
1958-12
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of the Nevada Charter Committee with the following printed description: Shown are the members of Boulder City, Nevada, Charter Committee. Seated left to right, Thomas S. White, M.D., Morgan J. Sweeney, Clarence Arp, Andrew J. Mitchell, Robert N. Broadbent, Richard Ham, Joe Manix, Jane Cooke, Teresa Denning, and Eloise Blue; standing, Elbert B. Edwards, Byron L. Miller, Albert Franklin, A. B. West and Thomas Clapper.
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