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Photograph of Hoover Dam drawing, circa 1932.
Date
1931 to 1933
Archival Collection
Description
Unidentified artist's conception of completed Hoover Dam.
Image
Slide of Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s
Date
1936 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
A downstream view of Hoover Dam at night.
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Photograph of tourists at Hoover Dam, 1940s-1950s
Date
1940 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Group of tourists exploring the Hoover Dam.
Image
Film transparency of a Boulder Canyon/Hoover Dam project poster, circa 1931-1936
Date
1931 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
An image of a project poster depicting the Hoover Dam when it was first planned to be built in Boulder Canyon. Later constructed in Black Canyon where less rock faults were found, Hoover Dam was built in the 1930s on the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
Image
Hoover Dam, 1930-1940
Level of Description
Series
Archival Collection
Glenn Davis Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00020
Collection Name: Glenn Davis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Collection Name: Glenn Davis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction site, approximately 1930-1933
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Alice Lake-Rockwell and Earl Rockwell Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00040
Collection Name: Alice Lake-Rockwell and Earl Rockwell Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Alice Lake-Rockwell and Earl Rockwell Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Photograph of Hoover Dam, 1932
Date
1931 to 1933
Archival Collection
Description
Looking downstream at cofferdam and diversion tunnels.
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Hoover Dam switchyard: photographic print
Date
1950 (year approximate) to 1959 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). Hoover Dam switchyard, circa 1950s. Stamp on the back reads, "Photograph by Bureau of Reclamation BCP 9187 Boulder Canyon Project Boulder City, Nevada."
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Photograph of construction on Hoover Dam diversion tunnel, January 30, 1932
Date
1932-01-30
Archival Collection
Description
An image showing the beginning wood base for the cylinder (tunnel surface) of the Hoover (Boulder) Dam diversion tunnel.
Image
Photograph of Hoover Dam, undated
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Shelley Berkley Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00599
Collection Name: Shelley Berkley Papers
Box/Folder: Box 37
Collection Name: Shelley Berkley Papers
Box/Folder: Box 37
Archival Component