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Hoover Dam under construction, approximatey 1933-1935

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Ralph Roske Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00253
Collection Name: Ralph Roske Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box SH-063

Archival Component

Hoover Dam construction site, approximately 1931-1934

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Charles P. Squires Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00002
Collection Name: Charles P. Squires Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box SH-054 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Photograph of Hoover Dam ceremony, Boulder City, Nevada, October 25, 1946

Date

1946-10-25

Description

Dedication ceremony for Hoover Dam exhibit building. Charles "Pop" Squires is on the right.

Image

Film transparency of truck inside Hoover Dam diversion tunnel, December 8, 1931

Date

1931-12-08

Archival Collection

Description

A view of a construction truck loaded with wood for a tunnel inside Hoover Dam.

Image

Film transparency of cement plant water tanks, Hoover Dam, March 1, 1934

Date

1934-03-01

Archival Collection

Description

A picture of cement plant water tanks during Hoover Dam's construction.

Image

Postcard of concrete truck at Hoover Dam, circa late 1920s to early 1930s

Date

1930 to 1935

Description

Description provided on front of image: "Concrete truck at Hoover Dam, Oakes."

Image

Postcard of two children looking at bronze figure, Hoover Dam, 1934-1952

Date

1934 to 1952

Description

Two infants stare at a bronze figure at the base of a flagpole at Hoover Dam.

Image

Film transparency of Hoover Dam's upstream side, circa mid 1930s-1950s

Date

1935 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

An image of Hoover Dam's upstream side. Text from image reads: "Looking Upstream from Boulder Dam, Showing Lower Lake Mead and Highway from Kingman, Arizona [copyright] BDSB." Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

Image

Photograph of the Capricorn zodiac sign inset, Hoover Dam, September 30, 1935

Date

1935-09-30

Archival Collection

Description

An image of the Capricorn zodiac sign inset in the statue flooring at Hoover Dam on the day of the dam's dedication.

Image

Photograph of the Cancer zodiac sign inset, Hoover Dam, September 30, 1935

Date

1935-09-30

Archival Collection

Description

An image of the Cancer zodiac sign inset in the statue flooring at Hoover Dam on the day of the dam's dedication.

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