Description given with photograph: "Descending from the 'Crow's Nest'--the first lookout point over Black Canyon at the site where the Hoover Dam was going to be built."
Architect's drawing of Boulder City Junior Senior High School. Architects were George B. Kaufmann and J. E. Stanton. Kaufmann produced the architectural design for Hoover Dam.
The grayscale view of dormitories built for the workers of Hoover Dam in Boulder City, Nevada. Automobiles can be seen parked alongside the adjacent road.
B-roll footage of boats on Lake Mead, cruising around the Lake and docked at various locations; Hoover Dam; Mt. Charleston; Red Rock Canyon and Valley of Fire including petroglyphs; clip ends with street and aerial footage of the Las Vegas Strip during the day. Original media item was titled "LV News Bureau" so this footage was likely filmed for promotional reasons. Original media Betacam, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From The Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.
Willow Beach Marina, Arizona, on the the Arizona side of the Colorado River between Lake Mead and Lake Mohave, approximately 20 miles south of Hoover Dam, 1956. Both Lake Mead and Lake Mohave are part of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area administered by the U.S. National Park Service. A building is a possible Ranger Station/rental office. Part of the marina is visible on the left side of the photo.
The Elizabeth Nelson Patrick Photograph Collection contains photographs from Nevada from 1940 to 1984. The photographs primarily depict buildings in Goldfield, Nevada and Tonopah, Nevada. The photographs also include postcards from the Sahara Hotel and the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada and from the Hoover (Boulder) Dam.
The Union Pacific Railroad Photographs depict the Union Pacific Railroad Company's tracks, depots, locomotives, and stations in Southern Nevada and Southern California from 1904 to 1973. The photographs primarily depict Union Pacific officials in Las Vegas, Nevada, construction of Boulder City, Nevada and the Hoover (Boulder) Dam, hotels and casinos in Las Vegas, and the aftermath of flooding in 1938 that damaged Union Pacific tracks.