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Panorama looking downstream in Black Canyon, taken from the Nevada side, showing the upstream face of Boulder Dam, Arizona and Nevada spillways, intake towers, cableways and general construction: photographic print, 1934 May 12
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00267
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 02
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 02
Archival Component
View from the Nevada utility tower of Boulder Dam, showing the Memorial Day exercises in connection with the unveiling of the plaque commemorating the men who gave their lives in the construction of Boulder Dam: photographic print, 1935 May 30
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00267
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 02
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 02
Archival Component
View of the open cut portion of the switchyard control circuit tunnel. Shovel is excavating for the switchyard, and the building in the foreground is the power sub-station. The Babcock and Wilcox Company plant can be seen in the extreme background: photographic print, 1935 June 01
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00267
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 02
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 02
Archival Component
Looking downstream from Nevada side, showing Boulder Dam, spillways, intake towers, etc. Note general clean-up, road work, and intake tower lanterns in place: photographic print, 1935 September 27
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00267
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 02
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 02
Archival Component
Interior of diversion tunnel Number 2, near upper portal. Invert and side wall sections of lining have been completed. Two cubic yard buckets for pouring concrete are shown on truck: photographic print, 1932 June 02
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00267
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 03
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 03
Archival Component
Boulder City tract maps created by the Public Works Department, Division of Engineering and compiled by American Arial Surveys, Inc., approximately 1930 to 1960
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
UNLV University Libraries Collection of Boulder City, Hoover Dam, and Lake Mead National Recreation Area Maps and Brochures
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Collection Number: MS-00955
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection of Boulder City, Hoover Dam, and Lake Mead National Recreation Area Maps and Brochures
Box/Folder: Flat File 05 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection of Boulder City, Hoover Dam, and Lake Mead National Recreation Area Maps and Brochures
Box/Folder: Flat File 05 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Transcript of interview with Bill Armstrong by Anthony Robone, February 28, 1979
Date
1979-02-28
Archival Collection
Description
Anthony Robone interviews Bill Armstrong (born in Kentucky in 1921) in Armstrong’s apartment complex about his experiences in Las Vegas. Robone asks a variety of questions relating to Armstrong’s bootlegging in Kentucky before he arrived in Las Vegas, his involvement with the Las Vegas Dealers, the weather as it relates to other parts of the country, the impacts of the work of Howard Hughes on the town, the construction of Hoover Dam, the above ground atomic testing, the growth of Las Vegas and tourism, changes in gambling habits for the next generation, and the social and recreational activities residents took part in.
Text
Laura and Don Garvin oral history interview
Identifier
OH-00658
Abstract
Oral history interview with Laura and Don Garvin conducted by Michael Martocci on March 03, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. The Garvins provide details on their family background, the first sources of water in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the early city limits. They also describe their early occupations, religion, gambling, the Mormon Fort, and the effects of the Great Depression.
Archival Collection
Photograph of a penstock being transported, Hoover Powerplant, 1930s.
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Transporting 30 ft. diameter section of penstock during the construction of the Hoover Powerplant, 1930s.
Image
Film transparency of men with photography equipment on the Colorado River, March 16, 1935
Date
1935-03-16
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image with the following printed description: Airplane motor propelled boat used in photographic survey of Colorado River between dam and Jumbo Wash.
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