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Postcard of a Union Pacific Railroad train, during Hoover Dam construction, late 1920s - early 1930s
Date
1925 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
A Union Pacific Railroad train as a part of the construction for Hoover Dam. The front of the card reads: "First train in railroad pass, Boulder Dam Project, Oakes." Description given with postcard: "SP, LA & SL (UPRR) locomotive 6082 in Railroad Pass. Maybe spreading ballast on track."
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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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