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Photograph of dam construction site and celebration of Boulder Dam construction, 1919-1923
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Von Tobel Family Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00589
Collection Name: Von Tobel Family Papers
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 08
Collection Name: Von Tobel Family Papers
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 08
Archival Component
Boulder Dam composed by Potter, Tom: sheet music, 1948
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Bob Stoldal Collection of Nevada Sheet Music
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Collection Number: MS-01094
Collection Name: Bob Stoldal Collection of Nevada Sheet Music
Box/Folder: Box 02
Collection Name: Bob Stoldal Collection of Nevada Sheet Music
Box/Folder: Box 02
Archival Component
Film transparency of Hoover (Boulder) Dam, taken from the upstream side of the dam on the Arizona side, May, 1947
Date
1947-05
Archival Collection
Description
Hoover (Boulder) Dam, taken from the upstream side of the dam on the Arizona side, May, 1947. The intake towers, Nevada spillway house (in the background, behind the intake towers), and the Nevada spillway are visible. During the years of lobbying leading up to the passage of legislation authorizing the dam in 1928, Hoover Dam was originally referred to "Boulder Dam" or as "Boulder Canyon Dam", even though the proposed site had shifted to Black Canyon. The Boulder Canyon Project Act of 1928 (BCPA) never mentions a proposed name or title for the dam. When Secretary Wilbur spoke at the ceremony starting the building of the railway between Las Vegas and the dam site on September 17, 1930, he named the dam "Hoover Dam", citing a tradition of naming dams after Presidents, though none had been so honored during their terms of office. After Hoover's election defeat in 1932 and the accession of the Roosevelt administration, Secretary Ickes ordered on May 13, 1933 that the dam be referred to as "Boulder Dam". In the following years, the name "Boulder Dam" failed to fully take hold, with many Americans using both names interchangeably and map makers divided as to which name should be printed. In 1947, a bill passed both Houses of Congress unanimously restoring the name to "Hoover Dam".
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Photograph of men near their dormitories, Boulder Dam (Nev.), approximately 1931-1936
Date
1931 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
Hoover Dam workers gather outside their dormitories in Boulder City, Nevada.
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Film transparency of Hoover (Boulder) Dam, taken from the upstream side of the dam on the Arizona side, May, 1947
Date
1947-05
Archival Collection
Description
Hoover (Boulder) Dam, taken from the upstream side of the dam on the Arizona side, May, 1947. The intake towers, Nevada spillway house (in the background, behind the intake towers), and the Nevada spillway are visible. During the years of lobbying leading up to the passage of legislation authorizing the dam in 1928, Hoover Dam was originally referred to "Boulder Dam" or as "Boulder Canyon Dam", even though the proposed site had shifted to Black Canyon. The Boulder Canyon Project Act of 1928 (BCPA) never mentions a proposed name or title for the dam. When Secretary Wilbur spoke at the ceremony starting the building of the railway between Las Vegas and the dam site on September 17, 1930, he named the dam "Hoover Dam", citing a tradition of naming dams after Presidents, though none had been so honored during their terms of office. After Hoover's election defeat in 1932 and the accession of the Roosevelt administration, Secretary Ickes ordered on May 13, 1933 that the dam be referred to as "Boulder Dam". In the following years, the
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Film transparency of Hoover (Boulder) Dam, taken from the upstream side of the dam on the Nevada side, May, 1947
Date
1947-05
Archival Collection
Description
Hoover (Boulder) Dam, taken from the upstream side of the dam on the Nevada side. May, 1947. The intake towers, Nevada spillway house (in the background, behind the intake towers), and the Nevada spillway are visible. During the years of lobbying leading up to the passage of legislation authorizing the dam in 1928, Hoover Dam was originally referred to "Boulder Dam" or as "Boulder Canyon Dam", even though the proposed site had shifted to Black Canyon. The Boulder Canyon Project Act of 1928 (BCPA) never mentions a proposed name or title for the dam. When Secretary Wilbur spoke at the ceremony starting the building of the railway between Las Vegas and the dam site on September 17, 1930, he named the dam "Hoover Dam", citing a tradition of naming dams after Presidents, though none had been so honored during their terms of office. After Hoover's election defeat in 1932 and the accession of the Roosevelt administration, Secretary Ickes ordered on May 13, 1933 that the dam be referred to as "Boulder Dam". In the following years, the n
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Film transparency showing children in front of Boulder Dam Service Bureau Building, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1932-1940s
Date
1932 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
An image of two unidentified children in costume standing outside the Boulder Dam Service Bureau Building; words "Boulder Theater Building General Offices" and "Boulder Dam Service Bureau" are printed on windows.
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Boulder Dam Legislation, a review as passed by the United States Senate, 1928 December 14
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
A. J. Shaver Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00155
Collection Name: A. J. Shaver Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
Collection Name: A. J. Shaver Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Boy Scouts of America, Boulder Dam Area Council by William H. Hall, undated
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Item
Archival Collection
Company Mobility Histories Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00763
Collection Name: Company Mobility Histories Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
Collection Name: Company Mobility Histories Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Photograph of Boulder Dam Service Bureau and Boulder City Theatre exteriors, Boulder City, Nevada, circa winter 1938-1939
Date
1938 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Exteriors of the Boulder Dam Service Bureau and Boulder City Theatre covered with snow. Snow-covered automobiles are parked on Arizona Street, and the Boulder Dam Hotel and the Union Bus Terminal can be seen in the distance.
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