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Film transparency showing streets of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1933-1940s

Date

1933 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

An overhead view of buildings in Boulder City, Nevada; a building sign advertising "free Boulder Dam motion pictures" and the Boulder Cafe and neighboring souvenir and flower shops can be seen in the background, along with the Boulder Theater and Boulder Dam Service Bureau building (center).

Image

Postcard of Hoover Dam, February 1935

Date

1935-02

Archival Collection

Description

A comparison of an image of Hoover Dam's upstream face in February 1935 to an image taken later that year, after the waters of Lake Mead had risen. The captions read "February 1935- Boulder Dam today." Boulder Dam was officially re-named Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Photograph of Hoover Dam, circa 1931-1936

Date

1931 to 1936

Description

Black and white image of water pouring out from the outlet works at Hoover Dam. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Locations in Southern Nevada and the Southwestern United States photographs, 1900-1975

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

The locations in Southern Nevada and the Southwestern United States photographs depict people in Southern Nevada and the Southwestern United States from approximately 1900 to 1975. The photographs include politicians and engineers investigating the Colorado River for the future sight of the Hoover (Boulder) Dam in Black Canyon; Hoover Dam workers and construction; the towns of Goodsprings, Beatty, and Indian Springs in Nevada; the Grand Canyon in Arizona; and Mount Charleston in Nevada. The items described include black-and-white photographic prints, postcards, and negatives; items listed are photographic prints unless otherwise specified.

Archival Collection

Charles P. Squires Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00002
Collection Name: Charles P. Squires Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Transcript of interview with David Bruce Dill by Luise A. Soholt, March 13, 1975

Date

1975-03-13

Description

On March 13, 1975, Luise Soholt interviewed Dr. David Bruce Dill (born 1891 in Eskridge, Kansas) about his experience as a researcher in physiology, specifically in Boulder City, Nevada. Dill first discusses his educational background in physiological research, including studies done around the world, and his eventual interest in the effects of heat on the workers of Boulder Dam. Dill then discusses the topics and findings of some of his studies, including one on heat cramps and one on the comparison between sweating in a dog and that in a human. Dill also discusses the use and purpose of salt tablets.

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