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Warren A. Bechtel photograph album of Hoover Dam: Album 1, Page 97

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Archival Collection

Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00267
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
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Warren A. Bechtel photograph album of Hoover Dam: Album 1, Page 98

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00267
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Photograph of people paying for Hoover Dam tour, Boulder City (Nev.), 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

People wait in line and pay for guided tour through Hoover Dam and Power Plant. Price list reads: "Adults 25 cents plus 5 cent tax = 30 cents. Military Personnel (in uniform) 5 cent tax. Children (under 12 yrs). Free."

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Photograph of Boulder Highway between Boulder City, Nevada, and Hoover Dam, circa 1935

Date

1934 to 1936

Archival Collection

Description

An image of two vehicles traveling along the curvaceous Boulder Highway between Boulder City and Hoover Dam.

Image

Photograph of group at Snackateria at Hoover Dam, Boulder City (Nev.), circa 1975

Date

1974 to 1976

Description

Hoover Dam group photo at the Snackateria. Identified from left to right, standing in back row: 1. Unknown, 2. Unknown, 3. Lola Adams, 4. L.J. Hudlow, Boulder Canyon Project Manager, Hoover Dam, 5. Unknown, 6. Audrey Bascon Talt, Manager of Blind Center, 7. Unknown, 8. Unknown, 9. Unknown, 10. James Huchingson, Regional Administrative Officer. Children in the front row are unknown. Inscription with photo reads: "The group of blind and 'seers' who were at opening of Snackateria at Boulder Dam." [Identified by Dorothy Dorothy 11-1-84] Site Name: Snackateria

Image

Film transparency of Franklin D. Roosevelt in his car, Hoover Dam, September 30, 1935

Date

1935-09-30

Archival Collection

Description

An image of President Roosevelt in his car en route to the dedication of Boulder Dam (officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947).

Image

Photograph of intake towers and spillway, upstream face of Hoover Dam, circa 1935-1936

Date

1935 to 1936

Archival Collection

Description

A view from the Arizona side of Boulder Dam of water flowing into the spillway (name officially changed to Hoover Dam in 1947).

Image

Film strip of individuals or Hoover Dam construction, image 006: photographic print

Date

1930 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)

Description

This photograph has three images. The first one (0272_0040) reads, "Early morning on grave-yard shift, day shift coming on, notice lunch boxes. Hardway Johnnie (John Armitage) the graveyard Asst. Super. Coming down to see why they are slow getting to their jobs - that's me right behind him." "The men nicknamed me Hardway Jr. I relayed his orders. He had a hard time walking those 2x12 boards on top of the forms - they did install rails later, as you can see, but didn't weather the rough treatment - (xx) elevator shaft." "I got a lot of learning under John Armitage. He sent me to relieve on so many different jobs. Had clean up crew for three months - also I ran the pours with #5 hi-line until it could reach the dam no more, with the angle it sat. Tied steel on intake towers two nights." "Most fearful job was relief hook tender on the stiffleg. The job was situated on a pad on the upstream face of the dam, about level with the low-mix trusel, with just enough room for two of the 8 yd. buckets - the stiffleg would leave a bucket of mud - pick an empty one - No.6 hi-line would leave and empty one and pick up the empty. The men stood as flat as they could - during the exchange with the bucket down. The men would grab the swinging steel cables in one hand, the 12 pound hook that felt like 50 pounds. Place cable on eye in bucket, then twist hook down and slam in place - no guard rails." The second one (0272_0041) reads "Intake towers growing. The bottom of the picture shows a finished pour - it must cure for 12 hours in the hot weather, and 48 hours, cold weather - 300 ft. down if you step off the end of this panel (see arrow)," as a handwritten inscription. The third one (0272_0042) reads "The morning after my first night of work, with Dickey" (dog).

Image

Film transparency of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Louis R. Douglass at Hoover Dam, June 22, 1952

Date

1952-06-22

Description

Black and white image of General Dwight D. Eisenhower (prior to becoming President) and Hoover Dam's Director of Power, Louis R. Douglass, talking while on the ramp of the dam's powerhouse.

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