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Photograph of Parker Dam, circa 1938-1940s
Date
1938 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
An image of Parker Dam on the Colorado River at the California-Arizona border, 155 miles downstream from Hoover Dam. Parker Dam is commonly referred to as "the deepest dam in the world" because 73% of the dam's structural height is positioned below the original river bed. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Photograph of Hoover Dam, circa 1935
Date
1935
Archival Collection
Description
An Arizona side view of Lake Mead filled at Hoover Dam.
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Photograph of Hoover Dam, circa 1935
Date
1935
Archival Collection
Description
An Arizona side view of Lake Mead filled at Hoover Dam.
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Views of Boulder Dam and Las Vegas, Nevada
Description
"N.E. Johnson, photographer and publisher." Booklet consists primarily of photographs of the Colorado River in Black Canyon, prior to the construction of Hoover (Boulder) Dam, and photographs of people and businesses in early 20th-century Las Vegas.
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Photograph of the Hoover Dam, circa 1936
Date
1935 to 1937
Archival Collection
Description
An aerial, downstream view of the completed Hoover Dam.
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Hoover Dam album, image 021
Date
1931 to 1936
Description
Babcock and Wilcox Steel Co., Boulder Dam [left], Section of 30-foot of Penstock pipe on 200-ton trailer, Boulder Dam [right], 1931-1936
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Postcard of Hoover Dam, circa 1935
Date
1935 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
Photographic postcard showing the newly completed Hoover Dam and intake towers. Description given on bottom of photograph: "Boulder Dam upstream face and intake towers. Note newly constructed Highway which connects Kingman, Arizona with Boulder City, Nevada."
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Hoover Dam area: photographic print
Date
1930 (year uncertain) to 1933 (year uncertain)
Archival Collection
Description
Pinhole view of the Hoover Dam area looking west. The U.S. Construction Railroad and the Black Canyon highway is depicted in the foreground of the photograph.
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Photograph of machinery at Hoover Dam, 1931
Date
1931
Archival Collection
Description
Machinery at Hoover Dam site near Boulder City, Nevada, 1931.
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