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Lowering loaded boxcar at Hoover Dam in Arizona: postcard
Date
1930 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Lowering loaded boxcar of power house machinery by 150 ton cableway at Hoover Dam during construction.
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Photograph of plant construction, Hoover Dam, circa 1933
Date
1932 to 1934
Archival Collection
Description
Plant where gravel was washed on Nevada side of Hoover Dam site while under construction. Note on back: ""Washed gravel and graded it with the longest conveyor belt in the world - W.A. Davis.""
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Photograph of boxcar being lowered into Hoover Dam construction site, circa 1933-1935
Date
1933 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
An image showing the downstream face of the dam from the Nevada Highway as a railroad boxcar is lowered by cables at the Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction site.
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Photograph of boat near dam, Hoover Dam, January, 1936
Date
1936-01
Archival Collection
Description
Colorado River-Hoover Dam. A motor boat turning at the upper face of the unfilled reservoir from the Arizona side. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
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Photograph of temporary cable-way, Hoover Dam, April 1, 1932
Date
1932-04-01
Archival Collection
Description
Temporary cable-way spanning the Colorado River, near Look-Out Point, providing access to the Arizona Spillway operations during construction of the Hoover Dam. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
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Film transparency of Hoover Dam affiliated businessmen and engineers, Boulder City, Nevada, July 1931
Date
1931-07
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of businessmen and engineers affiliated with Hoover Dam. From left to right: W. A. Bechtel, First Vice President, Six Companies, Inc.; Walker R. Young, Construction Engineer, Bureau of Reclamation; Elwood Mead, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, F. T. Crowe, General Superintendent, Six Companies, Inc.; R. F. Walter, Chief Engineer, Bureau of Reclamation. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Photograph of blasting rock, Hoover Dam, circa 1932
Date
1931 to 1933
Archival Collection
Description
Railroad workers at Hoover Dam site blasting rock in the background at noon-time; this was the site where cofferdam was built. Note on back: "High scalers setting off blasts on Nevada side. - W. A. Davis."
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Group portrait of the builders of the Hoover Dam: photographic print
Date
1931 (year approximate) to 1935 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Payroll guards, Six Companies Inc., (builders of Hoover Dam)
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Film transparency of a girl outside Boulder Dam Service Bureau Building, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s-1940s
Date
1930 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
An image of an unidentified girl standing in front of the Boulder Dam Service Bureau Building; the words "Boulder Theater Building General Offices" are printed on the window.
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Photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt at Hoover Dam, September 30, 1935
Date
1935-09-30
Archival Collection
Description
A picture of President Roosevelt speaking at Hoover Dam's Dedication.
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