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Boulder (Hoover) Dam, image 002: photographic print
Date
1930 (year approximate) to 1942 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Discharge of water from outlet works, Boulder Dam.
Image
Photograph of Hoover Dam construction, circa 1932
Date
1931 to 1933
Archival Collection
Description
Working at Hoover (Boulder) Dam. The machinery shown include a water pump and power shovel. Note on back: "Not taken by W. A. Davis. That day the river came up and flooded tunnel on Arizona side. This shot shows pumpking the water out with a large sump pump. - James J. Hester, W. A. Davis' son-in-law, 1992."
Image
Film transparency of Hoover Dam's downstream face, circa late 1930s-1950s
Date
1937 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
An image of people visiting Hoover Dam. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
Image
Film transparency of Hoover Dam's upstream face, circa late 1930s-1950s
Date
1937 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
An image of Hoover Dam's upstream face. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
Image
Photograph of men near their dormitories, Boulder Dam (Nev.), approximately 1931-1936
Date
1931 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
Hoover Dam workers gather outside their dormitories in Boulder City, Nevada.
Image
Photograph of Hoover Dam construction, circa 1930-1935
Date
1930 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
An image of Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction and a cement plant from the Nevada side highway.
Image
Postcard of intake towers at Hoover Dam, circa 1935
Date
1935
Archival Collection
Description
A view from the Nevada side of the recently completed intake towers at Hoover (Boulder) Dam.
Image
Photograph of concrete mixing plant, Hoover Dam, March 28, 1932
Date
1932-03-28
Archival Collection
Description
Low-level concrete mixing plant at the construction site of Boulder Dam, now called Hoover Dam. Picture taken using telephoto lens. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
Image
Photograph of Hoover Dam, 1933
Date
1933
Archival Collection
Description
Handwritten description of provided on back of image: "Taken by Robert Corvan, 1933. Up-river side of Hoover Dam before Lake Mead was filled."
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Booklet depicting various views of Boulder City and Boulder Dam: postcards, image 005
Description
Postcard depicting the Figures of the Republic statues at Boulder Dam. Background information and a map of the Boulder Dam are also shown.