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Photograph of a party held by the Young Presidents' Organization, Hoover Dam, March 9, 1971

Date

1971-03-09

Description

Black and white image of a celebration at the Hoover Dam powerhouse. The Young Presidents' Organization arranged a party for nearly 1,000 people that was held on the powerhouse roof. The visitors, all wearing hard hats, were the first to use this setting. Tables and chairs are also visible on the powerhouse roof.

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Film transparency showing construction on a Hoover Dam spillway tunnel, April 26, 1946

Date

1946-04-26

Description

Black and white image with the following printed description: "View showing extension work on Nevada Spillway Tunnel #2 at Hoover Dam. Work performed by Guy F. Atkinson Company of San Francisco, California." Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Film transparency of Arizona side of completed Hoover Dam, circa mid 1930s

Date

1935 to 1936

Archival Collection

Description

A bird's eye view from the Arizona side of Hoover Dam; water is spilling into the spillway, people are viewing the dam from road and parking area, and automobiles are crossing the top of the dam.

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Photograph of water beling released into the reservoir, Hoover Dam, December 20, 1936

Date

1936-12-20

Description

Boulder Dam, December 20, 1936. Water is being released from the dam itself into the reservoir below on the Colorado-River-side of the dam. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)

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Postcard of Lake Mead and Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s

Date

1936 to 1939

Description

A painted photo depicting Lake Mead and Hoover (Boulder) Dam. Text on front of post card: "Lake Mead in Black Canyon, Boulder Dam", "Boulder Canyon Project of the Business of Reclamation"; Text on back of post card: "Lake Mead is quite narrow, just above Boulder Dam, yet more than 500 feet deep, where it is confined between the somber cliffs of Black Canyon gorge. Beyond the gorge the waters spread extensively over the desert valleys to form a vast lake 115 miles in length, with a shoreline of more than 550 miles - the largest man-made lake in the world. Comfortable cruisers make regular scheduled excursions on Lake Mead."

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Photograph of people at a wedding at Hoover Dam, circa 1930s to 1940s

Date

1935 to 1949

Description

Description given with photograph: "Wedding of 'Ma' Kennedy, Amy Semple McPherson's mother, at Hoover (Boulder) Dam; Art Ham, Celia Cragin, Veronica and Harley Harmon, Alice Campbell, Myrtle Taylor, stranger in white (?), Delphine Squires, Ernie Cragin."

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Photograph of a party held by the Young Presidents Organization, Hoover Dam, March 9, 1971

Date

1971-03-09

Description

Black and white image of Dick Woodward (left) and Ellis L. Armstrong at a party held by the Young Presidents' Organization on the roof of the powerhouse at Hoover Dam. Nearly 1,000 people attended, all wearing hard hats, and were the first to use this setting.

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Photograph of Hoover Dam power station, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1931-1936

Date

1931 to 1936

Description

People walking about a power station located at the Hoover Dam in Boulder City, Nevada.

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Film transparency of Rotary Club members near Hoover Dam, circa mid 1930s

Date

1935 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

A photograph of several unidentified Boulder City Rotary Club members near Hoover Dam.

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Film strip of Boulder City or Hoover Dam construction, image 001: photographic print

Date

1930 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)

Description

This photograph has three images. The first one, (0272_0002) reads, "Transports coming from dam-day shift. Climbing out the sides to be one of first in the commissary for a bottle of beer. It's been hot down there and they are thirsty," as a handwritten inscription. The second one, (0272_0003) reads, "One of several dorms that happened to be mine. (The arrow points to room) No grass to mow. One of its good points. Radios would not receive programs until early night, reason- no ground-no moisture in soil," in a handwritten inscription. The Six Companies Inc. dormitory housing 172 men, Boulder City, NV. The third picture, (0272_0004) which is upside down, reads "One pour wide getting in each other's way; hi-line moving catwalk soon will be finished," as a handwritten inscription on the image about the Hoover Dam under construction.

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