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Photograph of construction of Hoover Dam, 1934
Date
1934-01
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph taken by John McCreary of the side wall of the Hoover Dam under construction, January 1934.
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Photograph of Hoover Dam power site, circa 1930-1935
Date
1930 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
An image of the power site during Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction.
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Slide of the construction phase of Hoover Dam, November 18, 1931
Date
1931-11-18
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of the construction phase of the Boulder Canyon Project, also known as Hoover Dam. This image features the first round of drilling to enlarge the upper portal of diversion tunnel No. 2. The welded steel "Jumbo Rig" mounted on the truck has 25 air drills on it. The swing shift crew standing next to the rig prepare for work. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Photograph of six men at the signing of the Boulder Dam Bill, December 21, 1928
Date
1928-12-21
Archival Collection
Description
Left to right shown are: Elwood Mead, Comm. Of Reclamation; Phil Swing, author of the bill, a member of House of Representatives from California; President Coolidge; U.S. senator Hiram Johnson, another author of the boulder Dam bill; Addison T. Smith, Chairman, Committee on Reclamation, House of Representatives; W.B. Matthews, General Counsel, Boulder Dam Association, Los Angeles, California. The occasion is the signing of the Boulder Dam bill, Dec. 21, 1928.
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Scrapbook of newspaper clippings on the construction of Boulder Dam, 1932
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Maurine and Fred Wilson Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00012
Collection Name: Maurine and Fred Wilson Papers
Box/Folder: Box 04
Collection Name: Maurine and Fred Wilson Papers
Box/Folder: Box 04
Archival Component
Film transparency of railroad boxcar being lowered into Hoover Dam, circa early 1930s
Date
1931 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
A view of a railroad boxcar being lowered by cable into Hoover Dam.
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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.
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Photograph of machinery at Hoover Dam, 1931
Date
1931
Archival Collection
Description
Machinery at Hoover Dam site near Boulder City, Nevada, 1931.
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Photograph of equipment at Hoover Dam, 1931
Date
1931
Archival Collection
Description
Equipment at Hoover Dam site near Boulder City, Nevada, 1931.
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Boulder Dam and Las Vegas Travel Map, 1940s
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Robert Woodruff Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00455
Collection Name: Robert Woodruff Papers
Box/Folder: Box 03
Collection Name: Robert Woodruff Papers
Box/Folder: Box 03
Archival Component