From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). Hoover Dam switchyard, circa 1950s. Stamp on the back reads, "Photograph by Bureau of Reclamation BCP 9187 Boulder Canyon Project Boulder City, Nevada."
Materials contain photographic prints, photographic slides, and photographic negatives depicting the Hoover (Boulder) Dam from 1930 to 1959. The photographs primarily depict the completed dam, including its upstream and downstream faces, diversion tunnels, outlet works, powerhouse, intake towers, crest, and spillways. The photographs depict the dam from numerous angles, including photographs taken from both the Nevada and Arizona sides of the dam, the Colorado River, Lake Mead, and aerial photographs taken from planes.
Archival Collection
L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00100 Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection Box/Folder: N/A
Virginia "Teddy" Fenton Photograph Collection on the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00022 Collection Name: Virginia "Teddy" Fenton Photograph Collection on the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada Box/Folder: Folder 02
Hoover Dam guide "Blackie" Hardy posing on top of the Hoover Dam. In this photograph, Hardy is quoted with saying that he'd be proud to have this specific photo in every paper in the country. Individual Creator's credit goes to Jim Blackton Moore.