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Film transparency of Boulder Dam Hotel, Nevada, circa 1930-1940

Date

1930 to 1940

Archival Collection

Description

A photograph front and side view of the Boulder Dam Hotel.

Image

Photograph of principles involved in signing Boulder Dam bill, December 21, 1928

Date

1928-12-21

Description

Principles involved in the signing of the Boulder Dam bill. L-R: Elwood Mead, Phil Swing, President Calvin Coolidge, Sen. Hiram Johnson, Addison T. Smith, and W.B. Matthews. Text on photo reads: "Public Service History Written as Boulder Dam Bill Is Signed. December 21, 1928. Elwood Mead, Commissioner of Reclamation. Phil Swing, M. C. Cali., Author Boulder Dam bill House of Representatives. President Coolidge. Senator Hiram Johnson, Author Boulder Dam bill in United States Senate. Addison T. Smith, M. C. Idaho, Chairman, Committee on Reclamation, House of Representatives. W. B. Matthews. General Counsel, Boulder Dam Association, Los Angeles."

Image

Booklet depicting various views of Boulder City and Boulder Dam: postcards, image 007

Description

Three postcards. Grand Canyon from Lake Mead; Boulder Dam Crest and Switchback Highway on Arizona Side; Arizona Spillway and Highway Bridge, Boulder Dam.

Postcards; Las Vegas, Reno, Utah, Boulder Dam, 1940s

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

L. F. Manis Papers on Boulder Dam
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00288
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Papers on Boulder Dam
Box/Folder: Box 02

Archival Component

Film transparency of Boulder Dam Hotel, Nevada, circa 1930-1940

Date

1930 to 1940

Archival Collection

Description

Two images of the front view of the Boulder Dam Hotel in Boulder City, Nevada.

Image

Photograph of Boulder Dam site, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1931-1936

Date

1931 to 1936

Archival Collection

Description

A picture of the Hoover Dam site (once known as the Boulder Dam), with the Colorado River visible.

Image

Film transparency of the Boulder Dam Power Decennial plaque, October 25, 1946

Date

1946-10-25

Archival Collection

Description

An image of the Boulder Dam Power Decennial plaque, which was made for the ten year anniversary of Boulder Dam, renamed Hoover Dam in 1947. Depicted on the sign is an outline of the downstream face of the Hoover Dam, along with outlines of the state seals of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Transcribed from text across the sign: "Boulder Dam, Power Decennial. Flood Control - Irrigation - Power. Saluting Boulder Dam On Its Tenth Year Of Commercial Power Production. 1936-1946. Honoring The People Of The Colorado River Basin States. Whose initiative brought forth Boulder Dam, making possible: The maximum utilization of the water resources of this great river system; The prevention of floods; The conservation of water; The availability of hydroelectric energy to a wide area."

Image

Booklet depicting various views of Boulder City and Boulder Dam: postcards, image 001

Description

The front and back cover of the postcard booklet of the Boulder Dam.

Photograph of six men at the signing of the Boulder Dam Bill, December 21, 1928

Date

1928-12-21

Description

Left to right shown are: Elwood Mead, Comm. Of Reclamation; Phil Swing, author of the bill, a member of House of Representatives from California; President Coolidge; U.S. senator Hiram Johnson, another author of the boulder Dam bill; Addison T. Smith, Chairman, Committee on Reclamation, House of Representatives; W.B. Matthews, General Counsel, Boulder Dam Association, Los Angeles, California. The occasion is the signing of the Boulder Dam bill, Dec. 21, 1928.

Image

Boulder Dam, letters and newspaper columns, 1959-1962

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Dorothy Dorothy Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00352
Collection Name: Dorothy Dorothy Papers
Box/Folder: Box 5

Archival Component