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Photograph of construction, Hoover Dam, August 31, 1933
Date
1933-08-31
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of workers placing concrete in column H-5 between elevation 630 and elevation 635 during the test pour made before the Hoover Dam Board of Consulting Engineers. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Photograph of Memorial Day, Hoover Dam, May 30, 1937
Date
1937-05-30
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of crowds waiting to visit the Hoover Dam power plant on Memorial Day in 1937. Many people are holding tickets ready for the guide to collect. The roof of the cashier's booth is visible beyond the awning. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Photograph of generators, Hoover Dam, June 24, 1937
Date
1937-06-24
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of the Arizona-side generator room at Hoover Dam, as seen from the balcony at elevation 705. The 40,000 kilowatt ampere generator installed in unit 48 is visible in the background. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Photograph of construction, Hoover Dam, November 18, 1932
Date
1932-11-18
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of Hoover Dam under construction. This view is looking down into the upper cofferdam area from the rim of the Arizona side of Black Canyon. Also visible are a temporary earth diversion dam and steel sheet piling extending out from the Nevada abutment and marking the upstream toe of the cofferdam. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Photograph of Hoover Dam, August 8, 1967
Date
1967-08-08
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of Hoover Dam. A rare view of Hoover Dam against a cloud pattern in a desert sky that is usually clear. The world-famous dam, completed by the Bureau of Reclamation, conquered the Colorado River for the first time in history. The dam, spanning the river between Nevada and Arizona, provides all of Reclamation's multipurpose benefits: flood protection, river control, water storage and conservation for irrigation; municipal and industrial uses; generation of low-cost hydroelectric energy; enhancement of navigation; recreation; and fish and wildlife protection.
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Taylor, Richard B. (Richard Blackburn), 1929-2011
Richard "Dick" Blackburn Taylor was a prominent businessman in Las Vegas, Nevada and amateur historian of Southern Nevada. Taylor was born on January 31, 1929 in Quincy, Illinois and grew up in Glendale, California. After graduating high school in 1947, he attended Washington and Lee University, the University of Southern California, and the University of Hawaii. He served in the 4th Infantry Division of the United States Army in Germany during the occupation following WWII. In 1957, he married Charlene Flora Belknap and they had four children.
Person
Photograph of Dr. Thomas White, Dr. Donald Baepler, and Dr. Juanita White, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1970s
Date
1970 to 1979
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of Dr. Thomas White, Dr. Donald Baepler, and Dr. Juanita White holding a rare engraving of President Lincoln stored in Special Collections, UNLV Library, 1970s.
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Film transparency of the gravel testing laboratory, Las Vegas, September 20, 1929
Date
1929-09-20
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of the gravel testing laboratory at the site of the former Stewart Ranch, also known as the Las Vegas Ranch. Standing in the center is Henry Wieking, "setting window and door casements preparatory to rebuilding adobe walls." Site Name: Las Vegas Ranch (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Film transparency of W.F. Knowland, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Taft at Hoover Dam, September 18, 1947
Date
1947-09-18
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image with the following printed description: View showing Senator Wm. F. Knowland, left, Mrs. R.A. Taft and Senator Robert A. Taft during a recent visit to world famous Hoover Dam.
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Film transparency of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Louis R. Douglass at Hoover Dam, June 22, 1952
Date
1952-06-22
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of General Dwight D. Eisenhower (prior to becoming President) and Hoover Dam's Director of Power, Louis R. Douglass, talking while on the ramp of the dam's powerhouse.
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