"Globe Theatre-New York City-1923. My first show. Grace Hayes age 25-1923. For Dillingham. Fred & Adele Astaire."-handwritten inscription by Grace Hayes. (postcard). Black and white duplicate in photo sleeve was not digitized.
Materials depict the construction of Boulder City, Nevada and the Hoover (Boulder) Dam from 1930 to 1935. The photographs primarily depict construction of the master planned community of Boulder City, which was built to house workers during the construction of the dam. The photographs also depict construction of the dam, surveyors working in Black Canyon and on the Colorado River, and buildings in Boulder City. The photographs also depict Williamsville, the small settlement that preceded Boulder City.
Helldorado Parade in Boulder City, Nevada during the 1950s. Inscription with photo reads "D.D. entered while living in Pahrump. Won 2nd Prize. E(?) Bacus was one, beside D.D. on float. All were dressed in covered wagon style as #2.0" [identified by Dorothy Dorothy 11-1-84]
An image of cars, buildings, and landscape of Boulder City; the Boulder Dam Hotel, located at 1305 Arizona Street, can be seen in the background across the road from a building sign advertising "free Boulder Dam motion pictures".