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Warren A. Bechtel Album of Hoover Dam: photographic print
Date
1971-08-17
Description
p.20 #1411 - p.20 #1412 These pictures together with two on opposite page, form panorama of operations being carried on at canyon rim, on Nevada side. Photo was taken from Arizona Spillway site. To the left is shown Black Canyon Highway. High level mixing plant will be located behind fill on the road. To the right is shown highway extension road to Nevada Spillway. Note shovel boom projecting at former site of Lookout Point. Aug. 12, 1932. p.20 #1451 Three hundred boxes of dynamite were used in spectacular blast which demolished Lookout Point. Picture taken from new Look Point, on Black Canyon Highway. Aug. 16, 1932. p.20 #1452 Blasting usually scheduled for 11:30 a.m., and billowing dust dislodged from canyon rim completely fills the canyon. Aug. 16, 1932.
Photograph of abandoned museum structure, Lost City (Nev.), 1934
Date
1934
Archival Collection
Description
Small temporary museum room at the "Lost City" reconstructed houses site to be abandoned and inundated.
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Photograph of workers in action, Hoover Dam, approximately 1931-1936
Date
1931 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
A photograph of busy construction workers at the Hoover Dam. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
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Photograph of men in a boat, Colorado River, approximately 1931-1936
Date
1931 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
A boat full of men crossing the Colorado River to get to the Hoover Dam construction site.
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Photograph of water from the Colorado River leading up to the Hoover Dam, 1936
Date
1936
Archival Collection
Description
A view of the new and finished Hoover Dam in Nevada. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
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Slide of elk at Yellowstone National Park, circa 1970s to 1980s
Date
1970 to 1989
Archival Collection
Description
Elk near Gibbon River at Yellowstone Park. Site Name: Yellowstone National Park
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