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Looking upstream toward the Number 1 upstream plug, showing approximately 7,100 second feet of water being discharged: photographic print, 1935 March 26

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

Archival Component

Looking downstream toward the Number 6 Arizona intake tower control house. Note the bridge forms being placed for pouring: photographic print, 1935 March 25

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

Archival Component

Photograph of ironworkers being transported in manbaskets during Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge construction, Nevada-Arizona border, April 30, 2009

Date

2009-04-30

Description

Photographer's notes: "Ironworkers arrive to work in manbasket, Arizona side of bridge arch construction, Hoover Dam Bypass Project, April 30, 2009." Site Name: Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge

Image

Photograph of Fortification Hill, Lake Mead, circa 1935-1950

Date

1935 to 1950

Archival Collection

Description

The view of Fortification Hill at Lake Mead. Created in the late 1930s when Hoover Dam was built atop of the Colorado River, Lake Mead is one of the largest man-made reservoirs in the United States at 112 miles long and 500 feet deep.

Image

Slide of people at a food truck in Boulder City, Nevada, August 13, 1931

Date

1931-08-13

Description

A black and white image of a woman and three children standing behind a food truck in Ragtown, an area near the Hoover Dam construction site at Black Canyon, not far from Boulder City. Two men appear to be distributing food from the bed of the truck.

Image

Collage of Hotels in Nevada and Arizona: postcard

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1999 (year approximate)

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Las Vegas, Nevada scenes including Sal Sagev Hotel, Hoover Dam, a gambling scene, and the El Trovatore Autel and Challenger Auto Court (east of Kingman, Arizona).

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Photograph of individuals at Special Collections, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, December 09, 1975

Date

1975-12-09

Description

From left to right: William G. Price, Hal Erickson, and Barbara Price at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Mr. And Mrs. Price are donating a rare collection of photos of Hoover Dam taken by Mrs. Price's step-father, Ernest Mitchell Pratt.

Image

Marion Earl oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00508

Abstract

Oral history interview with Marion Earl conducted by Robert Pearce on March 13, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Earl discusses relocating to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1923, serving as a member of the board of directors for the Chamber of Commerce, and then being elected president of the chamber in 1941. He also discusses being elected justice of the peace in 1934, and serving for two terms.

Archival Collection

Albright, George H., 1909-1996

George Albright was born December 06, 1909 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1931. He had a role in creating the building plans for the Hoover Dam, he worked with the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce and the Clark County Board of County Commissioners, and he dealt with planning conventions on various Las Vegas Strip properties. Albright passed away November 08, 1996.

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