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Warren A. Bechtel Album of Hoover Dam: photographic print

Date

1975-05-19

Description

Pg.28 #2653 View of Boulder Dam and the Nevada Intake Towers, taken from the Arizona side. "Monkey Slide" down Nevada abutment of Dam shown in center. April 28th, 1934. Pg.29 #2630 Looking upstream in Black Canyon, from the Nevada side, showing Boulder Dam and the Arizona Intake Towers in center. Arizona Spillway shown at upper right. Himix Plant at lower left, and Government Head Tower at lower right. April 17th, 1934 Pg.29 #2643 Unloading 81/2 ft. I.D. Valve House outlet pipe, with the Government Cableway. View taken on the Nevada Side, looking upstream. April 24th, 1934. Pg.28 #2625 Track layout above Himix and Cement Blending Plants, showing bins where rock and sand are dumped. April 17th, 1934.

Film transparency of a general view of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1933-1940s

Date

1933 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

The view of buildings along Arizona Street in Boulder City, Nevada. On the left side of the street is the Boulder Cafe, with signs advertising the cafe across the top of the building. On the right side of the street lies the white Boulder Dam Hotel, which is located at 1305 Arizona Street on what was originally known as the Cardenas Plaza. Transcribed onto the roof of the hotel: "Boulder Dam Hotel."

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Postcard showing the Grand Canyon, Lake Mead, circa 1934-1950s

Date

1934 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

An image of an entrance to the Grand Canyon from Lake Mead, with the entrance itself located above the Hoover Dam. Transcribed onto the bottom of the image: "The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River (Lake Mead entrance above Boulder Dam)." Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947. Also, the image itself is stained with brown splotches that are spewed across the face of the photograph.

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Brown, Harry A., 1912-

Harry A. Brown was born in Independence, Missouri in 1912. Brown moved to Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife in 1934 during the Great Depression in order to start working on the construction of Boulder Dam. Brown continued his occupation as a carpenter throughout the years while living in Las Vegas and resided in several properties with his family in Las Vegas and North Las Vegas.

Person

Larry and Juanita Barr and Steven Gibson oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00164

Abstract

Oral history interview with Larry and Juanita Barr, with Steven Gibson conducted by Margery Waters on March 27, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. The Barrs and Gibson talk about African Americans in Las Vegas, Nevada, working on the Hoover (Boulder) Dam, living in tents, early entertainers, and early development in Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, February 23, 1950

Date

1950-02-23

Archival Collection

Description

Newsletter issued by the Las Vegas Rotary Club

Text

Slide of the construction phase of Hoover Dam, November 19, 1931

Date

1931-11-19

Description

Black and white image of the construction phase of the Boulder Dam Project, also known as Hoover Dam. This image features the mixing of the oil finish for Hemenway Wash Road.

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Photograph of dedication ceremony, Hoover Dam, February 22, 1930

Date

1930-02-22

Description

A group of men at the Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) groundbreaking ceremony. The man in the Masonic apron is Rev. Charles Sumner Reynolds, pastor of the Las Vegas Methodist Church.

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