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Postcard of the Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) site in Black Canyon, 1929-1935
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Doris Hancock Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00003
Collection Name: Doris Hancock Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Doris Hancock Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam): photographic print and negative, 1940 September 09
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00189
Collection Name: United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Collection Name: United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Archival Component
"Blacks and the Boulder Dam Project": manuscript by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
Date
1970 (year approximate) to 1996 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Unpublished manuscripts file. Published manuscript, Nevada Historical Society.
Text
Slide of Hoover Dam's upstream side, circa late 1930s
Date
1936 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of Hoover Dam's crest and a sailboat on Lake Mead, as seen from the Nevada upstream side of the dam. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
Image
Aerial photograph of Hoover Dam, circa 1933-1935
Date
1934 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of the nearly completed Hoover Dam in Black Canyon prior to the release of water.
Image
Film transparency of Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s
Date
1935 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
An image showing an aerial view of Hoover Dam and Lake Mead. Part of the plane from which the image was taken are visible. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
Image
Construction of the Hoover Dam, image 002: photographic print
Date
1930 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
The Hoover Dam during its construction some time in the 1930s. Above is a huge penstock pipe suspended from a cable.
Image
Slide of the downstream face of Hoover Dam, circa early 1930s
Date
1931 to 1934
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image showing Hoover Dam's downstream face during the concrete pouring process. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
Image
Photograph of Lake Mead, Hoover Dam, circa 1935-1950
Date
1935 to 1950
Archival Collection
Description
Picture of the upstream face of Hoover Dam. The dam intake towers and a sailboat are visible.
Image
Photograph of power generators at Hoover Dam, circa 1935-1940
Date
1935 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
An image of an unidentified man standing on power generator equipment in the powerhouse at Hoover Dam. Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
Image