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Group of people in prayer after signing of Hoover (Boulder) Dam agreement, approximately 1930
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Ferron and Bracken Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00001
Collection Name: Ferron and Bracken Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Collection Name: Ferron and Bracken Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
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Las Vegas, Nevada - Boulder Dam Townsite request for water main extension, 1951
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Union Pacific Railroad Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00397
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 42 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 42 (Restrictions apply)
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Patents and Applications for - Map - "Panoramic Perspective of the Area Adjacent to Boulder Dam . . .", 1931-1934
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Union Pacific Railroad Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00397
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 68 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 68 (Restrictions apply)
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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
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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
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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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Boulder Dam Service Bureau building, Boulder City, Nevada, approximately 1933-1949
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L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00100
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box 03
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box 03
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Boulder Dam Service Bureau building, Boulder City, Nevada, approximately 1933-1949
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L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00100
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box 03
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box 03
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Advertisement for a free windshield sticker for the Boulder Dam Service Bureau, approximately 1930-1949
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L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00100
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 69
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 69
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Las Vegas, Nevada - Boulder Dam Syndicate, Inc. - sale of water, 1928-1954
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Union Pacific Railroad Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00397
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 42 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 42 (Restrictions apply)
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Lilly, Joseph. First Stones on Boulder Dam, Outlook and Independent, 1930 October 15
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UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
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Collection Number: MS-00626
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 13
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 13
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