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David Bruce Dill oral history interview
Identifier
OH-00396
Abstract
Oral history interview with David Bruce Dill conducted by R. C. Turner on May 04, 1976 and May 12, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Dill discusses the desert environment, human adaptation to the weather, and the Boulder Dam Bureau of Mines.
Archival Collection
Postcard of the Hoover Dam site, Las Vegas, circa 1930
Date
1929 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
Postcard showing the site in Black Canyon where Hoover Dam was originally meant to be built. The name evolved from "Black Canyon Dam" to "Boulder Dam" and was officially named Hoover Dam in the late 1940s. Note on front of post card: "Looking upstream Colorado river Black Canyon Dam Site"; Handwritten note and diagram on back of photo: "Hold this to light and you can get some idea of dimensions of dam."
Image
Binder of news clippings and correspondence regarding the controversy over a Hoover Dam plaque honoring the dog mascot of damsite workers (contains racist materials)
Date
1979
Archival Collection
Description
From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Personal and professional papers file.
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