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A Dam Story, 2005

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
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Collection Number: MS-00615
Collection Name: Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
Box/Folder: Box 2005-039

Archival Component

Film transparency of Hoover Dam, circa 1940s-1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

A view of the downstream face of Hoover Dam.

Image

Postcard of downstream view, Hoover Dam, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

An artist's color rendering of the downstream face of Hoover (Boulder) Dam. "Boulder Dam, Colorado River Project" printed on the front of the postcard.

Image

Photograph of spillway, Hoover Dam, July 24, 1934

Date

1934-07-24

Description

Spillway on Arizona side of the Boulder Dam (now called Hoover Dam) construction site, showing steel gates in position. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)

Image

Postcard of crest of Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s

Date

1935 to 1940

Archival Collection

Description

An image of Hoover Dam's crest and elevators. Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

Image

Photograph of Hoover Dam, circa 1935-1936

Date

1935 to 1936

Archival Collection

Description

Black and white image of ground view from the upstream side of Hoover (Boulder) Dam. The four intake towers can be seen in this image.

Image

Postcard of the Arizona Spillway and Highway Bridge, Hoover Dam, circa mid 1930s

Date

1934 to 1940

Description

Color image showing an artist's rendering of the Arizona Spillway and Highway Bridge at Hoover Dam. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

Image

Aerial photograph of Parker Dam, circa 1938-1940s

Date

1938 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

An image of Parker Dam on the Colorado River at the California-Arizona border, 155 miles downstream from Hoover Dam. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

Image

Film transparency of Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s

Date

1937 to 1940

Archival Collection

Description

An image of people waiting to board Hoover Dam's visitors' elevators. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

Image

Photograph of a man in a tunnel, Hoover Dam, approximately 1931-1936

Date

1931 to 1936

Description

A man inside of a tunnel in the Hoover Dam while it was being constructed. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)

Image