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Photograph of Howard Hughes installing radar, Culver City, California, May 03, 1947
Date
1947-05-03
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Radar Installed on Passenger Planes Culver City, Calif. -- Radar safety control system (cabinet, left, center) for passenger planes, demonstrated by Howard Hughes in a trans-world airline plane, at Culver City, May 1st. Radar, with 500 and 2,000 foot warning signals, tells the pilot when he is approaching obstacles. Equipment is being installed in planes flying routes from San Francisco eastward to Shanghai. Credit (ACME) 5/3/47."
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Photograph of Six Companies truck, Boulder City (Nev.), 1931-1936
Date
1931 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
A construction truck from Six Companies camp ready to take construction materials to Hoover Dam.
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Photograph of wood pile, Boulder City (Nev.), approximately 1931-1936
Date
1931 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
A wood pile near the construction of the Hoover Dam probably for the workers' dormitory construction.
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Photograph of a construction vehicle, Boulder City (Nev.), approximately 1931-1936
Date
1931 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
A man operating construction vehicles for use on the Hoover Dam, ready to take the necessary materials from the Boulder camp site.
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Photograph of men in a shop, Boulder City (Nev.), approximately 1931-1936
Date
1931 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
Five men working in a shop to assist with construction of the Hoover Dam.
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Photograph of a camp for construction workers, Boulder City (Nev.), 1931-1936
Date
1931 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
Looking down at the camp set up for the Hoover Dam workers where you can see dormitories, trains, and various buildings.
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Photograph of the Bureau of Reclamation Administration building, Boulder City, Nevada, September 20, 1933
Date
1933-09-20
Archival Collection
Description
The grayscale view of the Bureau of Reclamation Administration building located at 1200 Park Street Boulder City, Nevada. A woman and child can be seen sitting under the cooling shade of a tree along with other with other visitors throughout the grassy field.
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Film transparency of downtown and the Nevada Highway, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930-1940
Date
1930 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
A view of downtown Boulder City and the Nevada Highway. Buildings that can be seen include the Nava-Hopi Indian Store, the Green Hut Cafe, the Bureau of Reclamation Administration building, the Terminal Building, a Texaco service gas station, and Delmar's Drug.
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