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Photograph of Hoover Dam tower and lines, circa 1935
Date
1935
Archival Collection
Description
Picture of the towers and lines in the desert near Hoover Dam.
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Photograph of Hoover Dam mascot, circa 1931-1936
Date
1931 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
Picture of the Hoover (Boulder) Dam mascot "Nig."
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Photograph of Hoover Dam at night, April 20, 1966
Date
1966-04-20
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of Hoover Dam at night. Seventy-eight floodlights on top of the central section of the power plant project 93,500 watts on the face of the dam.
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Photograph of visitors at Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s
Date
1935 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
An image of cars and buses on the side of the road while people wait in line at the Hoover Dam elevator tower. Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Photograph of construction pulleys, Hoover Dam, approximately 1931-1934
Date
1931 to 1934
Archival Collection
Description
An image of construction on the Hoover Dam including construction materials like pulleys. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
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Film transparency of Hoover Dam, circa mid 1950s
Date
1953 to 1956
Archival Collection
Description
A view of the downstream face of Hoover Dam; from this angle the power house can be seen at the base of the dam, along with intake towers in Lake Mead.
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Postcard of Nevada Lookout Point, Hoover Dam, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
An artist's color rendering of Lookout Point at Hoover Dam. Text printed on back of postcard: "Lookout Point has been the popular vantage point where thousands of sightseers have viewed with amaxed and intense interest, the progress and development in the building of this spectacular and enormous project. The view from the Nevada side, shows the downstream face of the Dam, the rugged cliffs in Arizona, and Fortification Mountain in the distance."
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Photograph of a man in a tunnel, Hoover Dam, approximately 1931-1936
Date
1931 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
A man inside of a tunnel in the Hoover Dam while it was being constructed. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
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Film transparency of Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s
Date
1935 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
An image showing an aerial view of Hoover Dam and Lake Mead. Part of the plane from which the image was taken are visible. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Photograph of downstream face of Hoover Dam, circa 1935
Date
1935
Archival Collection
Description
An image of the diversion tunnels in use on the newly completed Hoover (Boulder) Dam.
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