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Postcard of Nevada Lookout Point, Hoover Dam, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
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."
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Photograph of power plant, Hoover Dam, February 23, 1939
Date
1939-02-23
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of John Chatfield Page, Senator Harold L. Ickes, Mrs. Ickes, and I. C. Harris, in the Nevada wing of the Hoover Dam power plant. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Film transparency of Hoover Dam's downstream face, circa mid 1930s
Date
1934 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image from the downstream side of Hoover Dam. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Film transparency of Lake Mead and Hoover Dam, circa mid 1950s
Date
1953 to 1956
Archival Collection
Description
An image showing an aerial view of Hoover Dam and Lake Mead. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Film transparency of Hoover Dam spillway, circa mid 1930s-1950s
Date
1935 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
An image of the Hoover Dam spillway, intake towers and upstream face. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Postcard showing visitors' elevator at Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s-1940s
Date
1936 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
A view of visitors boarding an elevator on "[the] Highway on crest of Boulder Dam, with elevator tower where visitors are conducted by guides to powerhouse." Boulder Dam was officially re-named Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Warren A. Bechtel Album of Hoover Dam: photographic print
Date
1976-09-18
Description
Pg.46 #2826 Boulder Dam, looking upstream from Lookout Point. Aug. 31st, 1934. Pg.46 #2831 Looking upstream into No. 1 Raise from the river side of the Nevada Spillway, showing form work at portal. Aug. 31st, 1934.
Photograph of Black Canyon, Hoover Dam, April 12, 1922
Date
1922-04-12
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image showing an upstream view of Black Canyon from a point on its Nevada side, approximately a half mile below the Hoover Dam construction site. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Film transparency of Boulder Dam Visitors Bureau, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1931-1936
Date
1931 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
An image of a woman standing in front of the Boulder Dam Visitors Bureau, located on Arizona Street in Boulder City. Seated across the street and reflected in the Visitors Bureau's window is the Boulder Theatre at 1225 Arizona Street. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Slide of statues at Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s-1940s
Date
1936 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
An image of the plaque below the flag between the Winged Figures of the Republic statues. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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