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Warren A. Bechtel Album of Hoover Dam: photographic print

Date

1977-05-06

Description

Pg.55 #2936 Boulder Dam, looking upstream from Lookout Point. Dec. 3rd, 1934. Pg.55 #2958 Third millionth cubic yard of concrete being lowered to Boulder Dam. Dec. 5th, 1934.

Warren A. Bechtel Album of Hoover Dam: photographic print

Date

1978-02-06

Description

Pg.68 #3131 The Arizona Intake Towers, from the Nevada side. Feb. 25, 1935. Pg.68 #3130 The Nevada Intake Towers, from the Arizona side. Feb. 25, 1935,

Warren A. Bechtel Album of Hoover Dam: photographic print

Date

1978-09-19

Description

Pg.81 #3324 Looking upstream at Boulder Dam and the Power House, from the lower portals road. June 24, 1935. Pg.81 #3340 Looking downstream from the top of Boulder Dam. Note the Valve Houses in the background. June 25, 1935.

Photograph of road on dam construction, Hoover Dam, circa early 1930s

Date

1931 to 1936

Description

Road completed on top of Hoover Dam construction at Black Canyon.

Image

Film transparency showing a bus at Hoover Dam, circa late 1940s

Date

1946 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

A bird's eye view of a greyhound bus driving near Hoover Dam; the dam's intake towers can be seen in the background.

Image

Film transparency of the visitor gallery, Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s

Date

1937 to 1940

Archival Collection

Description

A view looking down the hallway of Boulder Dam's visitor gallery. Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

Image

Postcard of Nevada Lookout Point, Hoover Dam, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

An artist's color rendering of Lookout Point at Hoover Dam. Text printed on back of postcard: "Lookout Point has been the popular vantage point where thousands of sightseers have viewed with amaxed and intense interest, the progress and development in the building of this spectacular and enormous project. The view from the Nevada side, shows the downstream face of the Dam, the rugged cliffs in Arizona, and Fortification Mountain in the distance."

Image

Hoover Dam: National Historic Landmark, commercial documentary on the construction of Hoover Dam and Boulder City, VHS tape, 1999

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Dennis McBride Personal Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01099
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Personal Papers
Box/Folder: Box 43 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Aerial view of cars driving on the road constructed for the Hoover Dam Bypass Project, Arizona side of Hoover Dam, 2011 January 14

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Jamey Stillings Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00380
Collection Name: Jamey Stillings Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Film transparency of a Winged Figure of the Republic statue, Hoover Dam, circa 1930s

Date

1931 to 1936

Description

Black and white image of one of the Winged Figures of the Republic statues at Hoover Dam. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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