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Film transparency of Hoover Dam's crest, circa late 1930s
Date
1936 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of Hoover Dam's crest and intake towers as seen from the Nevada upstream side. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Photograph of Hoover Dam under construction, August 15, 1933
Date
1933-08-15
Archival Collection
Description
Boulder Dam, looking upstream August 15, 1933 2321 is written at the bottom of the photograph. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
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Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Identifier
PH-00267
Abstract
The Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection (1931-1935), consists of approximately 400 black-and-white photographic prints contained in two photograph albums and an additional twenty-one loose black-and-white photographic prints with ten corresponding photographic negatives.
Archival Collection
Photograph of cable power station, Hoover Dam, 1934
Date
1934-01
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph taken by John McCreary of a cable power station at Hoover Dam, January 1934.
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Film tranpsarency of construction at Hoover Dam, circa early 1930s
Date
1930 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of Hoover Dam's construction from the downstream side. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Photograph of open valves at Hoover Dam, circa 1935
Date
1934 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
Close-up of open valves of the Hoover Dam outlet works.
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Photograph of a plaque at Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s
Date
1935 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
An image of the plaque beneath the American flag at Hoover Dam with an inscription which reads, "It is fitting that the flag of our country should fly here in honor of those men who, inspired by a vision of lonely land made fruitful, conceived this great work and of those others whose genius and labor made that vision a reality." Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Postcard of a highway on Hoover Dam (Nev.), 1934-1952
Date
1934 to 1952
Archival Collection
Description
Many cars on rolling on the highway on crest of Hoover Dam driving to and from Nevada and Arizona.
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Photograph water at the Hoover Dam, 1936-1940
Date
1936 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
Water gushing at the Hoover Dam when it was called the Boulder Dam. In 1947 it was renamed the Hoover Dam. Written at the top of the photo: "BDRA. Nev. 4.36 342." Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
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Photograph of hikers at Arizona spillway, Hoover Dam, circa 1932
Date
1931 to 1933
Archival Collection
Description
Hikers at the site of Arizona spillway in the Hoover Dam.
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