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Slide of a man and a car in Government Park, Boulder City, Nevada, circa mid 1930s

Date

1935 to 1938

Archival Collection

Description

An image of a man standing by a car and looking at a sign with directions for Boulder Dam, Boulder Ferry, and Kingman, Arizona. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Photograph of the signing of the Six Companies contract, Las Vegas, April 1931

Date

1931-04

Description

Black and white image of officials from the Six Companies of San Francisco and the Bureau of Reclamation, as well as some local individuals, signing the contract to construct Hoover Dam (note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947). Henry J. Kaiser is seated, signing the contract. Standing at the second spot from the left is Al Cahlan, Las Vegas Review Journal Managing Editor. Standing at the far right is Charles P. "Pop" Squires. Also identified in the photograph (in no particular order) are W.R. Armstrong, Walker J. Young (Bureau of Reclamation Engineer), R.F. Walter, and Louis Crampton.

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Water overtakes "No Parking" signs along a Lake Mead shoreline, looking northeast in Lake Mead, Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1983-08

Description

This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.

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Water overtakes "No Parking" signs along a Lake Mead shoreline, looking northeast in Lake Mead, Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1983-08

Description

This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.

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Desert palm trees are surrounded by water near a Lake Mead marina, looking northwest in Lake Mead, Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1983-08

Description

This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.

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Desert palm trees are surrounded by water near a Lake Mead marina, looking northwest in Lake Mead, Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1983-08

Description

This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.

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Bootleg bar: photographic print

Date

1931 to 1932

Description

Liberty's Last Stand, a bootleg bar set up on Block 16, LV (1931-1932) as part of federal sting operation.

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Photograph of Boulder Canyon, circa 1920

Date

1918 to 1922

Description

The proposed site of Hoover Dam before the creation of Lake Mead

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Aerial photograph taken of Black Canyon, before 1930

Date

open start to 1930

Description

Aerial view of Black Canyon prior to the construction of Hoover Dam

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