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High scalers perched on bench 1000 feet above river prepare anchorages from which workmen will be suspended by ropes in scaling canyon walls for penstock tunnel adits: photographic print, 1932 August 22
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00267
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 03
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 03
Archival Component
Photograph of Wade H. Taylor at Davis Dam, January 05, 1951
Date
1951-01-05
Archival Collection
Description
Wade H. Taylor, a Regional Power Manager, standing beside the shaft of one of Davis Dam's five 45,000 kilowatt generating units located in the dam's turbine gallery. David Dam is located on the Colorado River, downstream from the Hoover Dam, on the border between Arizona and Nevada.
Image
Kim Bird and Pam Fogliasso oral history interview
Identifier
OH-02229
Abstract
Oral history interview with Kim Bird and Pam Fogliasso conducted by Claytee D. White on February 08, 2013 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Bird and Fogliasso discuss their experiences growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada, segregation in the city, and their years attending Rancho High School, including the segregation.
Archival Collection
Transcript of interview with Irene Sprague Black by Chari Horne, March 16, 1978
Date
1978-03-16
Archival Collection
Description
Chari Horne interviews hairdresser Irene Sprague Black at a beauty salon in Las Vegas. Born in 1919 in Delta, Utah, Black moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1924. During this interview Black discusses early Las Vegas, local schools, homes, friends, family life, the Mormon Church, Mesquite, Indian Reservation, Downtown, Hoover Dam, and Bunkerville, Nevada.
Text
Photograph album, Henry Wieking Collection, circa late 1920s-early 1930s, page 14
Date
1925 to 1935
1905 to 1935
Description
Captions: On the left, the gate structure to #4 diversion tunnel, 165 ft high. On the right side the upper portal to #3. Note: bulkhead in foreground, will be blown out after the completion of coffer dam, allowing water to pass thru; Coffer dam - Boulder Dam '32; Looking down a completed tunnel. Just before the water was diverted. Sunday Nov. 13, 1932, Hoover Dam.
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H. O. Watts uncovering human skeletal remains during an archaeological excavation at Willow Beach near Lake Mohave, approximately 1948-1952
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00071
Collection Name: Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box SH-046 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box SH-046 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
H. O. Watts and others viewing human skeletal remains during an archaeological excavation at Willow Beach near Lake Mohave, 1950
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00071
Collection Name: Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box SH-046 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box SH-046 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Tyrone Power and Annabella Power visit Boulder Dam, with them are Mr. Marion McKeen (Thompson Trophy Pilot) who flew the Powers to Boulder City, and R. B. Spearman who conducted the party through the powerhouse, 1939 May 26
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File
Archival Collection
Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00071
Collection Name: Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 04 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 04 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Signing official contracts and deeds from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to Boulder City: Joe Manix; Thomas White, M.D.; Albert Franklin; and Morgan Sweeney; Lorraine Kautz; A. B. West; Robert Broadbent; and Milton N. Nathanson, 1960 January 04
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00071
Collection Name: Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 05 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 05 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component