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Photograph of the signing of the Six Companies contract, Las Vegas, April 1931
Date
1931-04
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of officials from the Six Companies of San Francisco and the Bureau of Reclamation, as well as some local individuals, signing the contract to construct Hoover Dam (note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947). Henry J. Kaiser is seated, signing the contract. Standing at the second spot from the left is Al Cahlan, Las Vegas Review Journal Managing Editor. Standing at the far right is Charles P. "Pop" Squires. Also identified in the photograph (in no particular order) are W.R. Armstrong, Walker J. Young (Bureau of Reclamation Engineer), R.F. Walter, and Louis Crampton.
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Panoramic photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1933-1934
Date
1933 to 1934
Archival Collection
Description
Boulder City, panorama of houses, view from the water tank. The Boulder Theater building that contains the Boulder Dam Service Bureau and the Boulder Dam Hotel can both bee seen in the center of the picture.
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Photograph album, Henry Wieking Collection, circa late 1920s-early 1930s, page 14
Date
1925 to 1935
1905 to 1935
Description
Captions: On the left, the gate structure to #4 diversion tunnel, 165 ft high. On the right side the upper portal to #3. Note: bulkhead in foreground, will be blown out after the completion of coffer dam, allowing water to pass thru; Coffer dam - Boulder Dam '32; Looking down a completed tunnel. Just before the water was diverted. Sunday Nov. 13, 1932, Hoover Dam.
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Weiler, John R. "Jack", 1899-1974
Federal Ranger/Bureau of Reclamation officer for Boulder Dam
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