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Construction of the Hoover Dam, undated
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00071
Collection Name: Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 09 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 09 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Hoover Dam, 1960-1969
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Virginia "Teddy" Fenton Photograph Collection on the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00022
Collection Name: Virginia "Teddy" Fenton Photograph Collection on the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Collection Name: Virginia "Teddy" Fenton Photograph Collection on the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Archival Component
Photograph of Hoover Dam construction, 1931
Date
1931
Archival Collection
Description
The LeTourneau Construction Company building Black Canyon Highway to Hoover Dam site near Boulder City, Nevada. Image was taking in the summer of 1931.
Image
Photograph of Hoover Dam construction, 1933
Date
1933
Archival Collection
Description
Handwritten description of provided on back of image: "Taken by Robert Corvan, 1933. Up-river side of Hoover Dam before Lake Mead was filled."
Image
Photograph of a turbine, Hoover Dam, 1931-1936
Date
1931 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
The inside of the turbine room in the Hoover Dam in the early 1930s. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
Image
Photograph of Hoover Dam, August 8, 1967
Date
1967-08-08
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of Hoover Dam. A rare view of Hoover Dam against a cloud pattern in a desert sky that is usually clear. The world-famous dam, completed by the Bureau of Reclamation, conquered the Colorado River for the first time in history. The dam, spanning the river between Nevada and Arizona, provides all of Reclamation's multipurpose benefits: flood protection, river control, water storage and conservation for irrigation; municipal and industrial uses; generation of low-cost hydroelectric energy; enhancement of navigation; recreation; and fish and wildlife protection.
Image
Photograph water at the Hoover Dam, 1936-1940
Date
1936 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
Water gushing at the Hoover Dam when it was called the Boulder Dam. In 1947 it was renamed the Hoover Dam. Written at the top of the photo: "BDRA. Nev. 4.36 342." Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
Image
Postcard of Hoover Dam construction, 1931
Date
1931
Archival Collection
Description
Illustration of Boulder Dam, later called Hoover Dam, construction. Caption reads: "A close-up, showing construction detail, Boulder Dam, Colorado River."
Image
Photograph of Hoover Dam, circa mid 1930s
Date
1935 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
An image of Hoover Dam's crest at night. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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