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Photograph of Hoover Dam, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s

Date

1931 to 1939

Description

View of Hoover Dam and Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

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Photograph of a turbine room, Hoover Dam, approximately 1931-1936

Date

1931 to 1936

Description

The inside of the turbine room in the Hoover Dam while it was under construction.

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Slide of the construction of the Hoover Dam, February 13, 1932

Date

1932-02-13

Description

Black and white image of Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior, at a ceremony which inaugurated construction on the Boulder City branch of the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad, signaling the beginning of the Boulder Canyon Project, later known as Hoover Dam. From left to right, the men pictured include: Senator Key Pittman of Nevada; Governor Fred Balzar of Nevada; Carl Gray, President of Union Pacific Railroad system; Secretary Wilbur holding the Nevada silver spike; and Senator Tasker L. Oddie of Nevada. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Photograph of Wilbur A. Dexheimer in the Nevada Powerhouse at Hoover Dam, 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Photograph of Wilbur A. Dexheimer, Commissioner of Bureau of Reclamation, shown in the Nevada Powerhouse at Hoover Dam.

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Slide of a spillway bridge at Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s

Date

1936 to 1940

Archival Collection

Description

A Hoover Dam spillway bridge with two people on it.

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Film transparency of construction on Hoover Dam, March 17, 1934

Date

1934-03-17

Archival Collection

Description

An aerial view of Hoover Dam during construction.

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Film transparency of Hoover Dam spillway, circa mid 1930s

Date

1934 to 1936

Archival Collection

Description

A close-up view of the Hoover Dam spillway.

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Photograph of a burro near Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s

Date

1935 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

A view of a burro standing near Hoover Dam.

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Photograph of burro near Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s

Date

1935 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

A shot of a burro standing near Hoover Dam.

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Photograph of diversion tunnel at Hoover Dam, circa early 1930s

Date

1929 to 1935

Description

A diversion tunnel at Hoover Dam during construction.

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