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Intake tower on Arizona side of Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam). Taken from launch on Lake Mead: photographic negative, 1936 August 09

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00189
Collection Name: United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box SH-025

Archival Component

Intake tower on Arizona side of Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam). Taken from launch on Lake Mead: photographic negative, 1936 August 09

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00189
Collection Name: United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box SH-025

Archival Component

Aerial view of Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam), looking at downstream side of the dam towards the Nevada side: photographic negative, 1936 August 09

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00189
Collection Name: United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box SH-025

Archival Component

Postcard of Hoover Dam, circa 1935

Date

1935

Archival Collection

Description

A Nevada side view of Lake Mead filled at the recently completed Hoover Dam. Caption at bottom of postcard reads: "Boulder Dam crest and intake towers, looking toward Arizona side." Boulder Dam was officially re-named Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Burrell C. Lawton Photograph Collection on the Hoover Dam

Identifier

PH-00120

Abstract

The Burrell C. Lawton Photograph Collection on the Hoover Dam depicts the construction of the Hoover (Boulder) Dam on the Colorado River near Las Vegas, Nevada from 1931 to 1934. The photographs primarily depict workers, construction equipment, and the progression of the dam's concrete structures. The photographs also depict construction of diversion tunnels, bridges, the gravel plant, the intake towers, and the concrete mixing plant.

Archival Collection

Postcard of Hoover Dam, 1931

Date

1931

Description

Illustration of Hoover Dam on a postcard envelope titled, "Boulder Dam and Vicinity."

Image

Postcard of Hoover Dam construction, 1931

Date

1931

Description

Illustration of Boulder Dam, later called Hoover Dam, construction. Caption reads: "A close-up, showing construction detail, Boulder Dam, Colorado River."

Image

Postcard showing the transportation of a pipe, Hoover Dam, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

A colored postcard showing an artist's representation of the transportation of a pipe necessary for the construction of Boulder Dam, a title that was later changed to Hoover Dam. Transcribed onto the top border of the image: "Transporting Pipe, Boulder Dam."

Image

Postcard of Hoover Dam, February 1935

Date

1935-02

Archival Collection

Description

A comparison of an image of Hoover Dam's upstream face in February 1935 to an image taken later that year, after the waters of Lake Mead had risen. The captions read "February 1935- Boulder Dam today." Boulder Dam was officially re-named Hoover Dam in 1947.

Image

Photograph of Hoover Dam construction, September 7, 1933

Date

1933-09-07

Description

Looking upstream at the Boulder Dam (now called Hoover Dam) under construction. "Boulder Dam, looking upstream September 7, 1933 2346" is written at the bottom of the photo. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)

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