Boulder City Company Store at night. This completely equipped store provided for the needs of the Boulder Dam (now called Hoover Dam) construction workmen.
The Boulder City Library Oral History details the history of Boulder City, Nevada. It features the history through the building of the Boulder Dam and the building of the town, as well as it's influential citizens and it's effect on early Las Vegas.
Sources:
Lee Tilman oral history interviews, 1996 February 06, 11, 13, 17, and 22; May 28; July 09. OH-01826.
Audio Recording. Oral History Research Center, Special
An image showing an aerial view of the downstream face of Hoover Dam. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947. The photograph is damaged with long, white cuts on its right side.
An artist's color rendering of the Boulder City view towards downtown. Printed text on front of postcard: "Boulder City, Nevada, a model city built to house the workmen engaged on the Boulder Dam project."
Diagram of log holes, Hoover (Boulder) Dam. Note on back: "Copy of Bureau of Reclamation diagram. Stuck some drills in river bottom and recovered them after the river was diverted. - W. A. Davis, 1992."
Water gushing at the Hoover Dam when it was called the Boulder Dam. In 1947 it was renamed the Hoover Dam. Written at the top of the photo: "BDRA. Nev. 4.36 342." Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)