An image of a burro standing on rocks near Hoover Dam. Intake towers and the reservoir can be seen in the background. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
An image of a burro standing on rocks near Hoover Dam. Intake towers and the reservoir can be seen in the background. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
An image of a burro standing on rocks near Hoover Dam. The dam's crest and intake towers are visible in the background. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
An image of a burro standing on rocks near Hoover Dam. The dam's crest and intake towers are visible in the background. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
An image of a young burro standing on rocks near Hoover Dam. The dam's intake towers are visible in the background. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
An image of a burro and a man standing on rocks near Hoover Dam. The dam's intake towers are visible in the background. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
An image of a burro and a man standing on rocks near Hoover Dam. The dam's intake towers are visible in the background. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
Railroad workers at Hoover Dam site blasting rock in the background at noon-time; this was the site where cofferdam was built. Note on back: "High scalers setting off blasts on Nevada side. - W. A. Davis."
Materials contain photographic prints, photographic slides, and photographic negatives depicting the Hoover (Boulder) Dam from 1930 to 1959. The photographs primarily depict the completed dam, including its upstream and downstream faces, diversion tunnels, outlet works, powerhouse, intake towers, crest, and spillways. The photographs depict the dam from numerous angles, including photographs taken from both the Nevada and Arizona sides of the dam, the Colorado River, Lake Mead, and aerial photographs taken from planes.
Archival Collection
L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00100 Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection Box/Folder: N/A