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Virginia "Teddy" Fenton Photograph Collection on the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada

Identifier

PH-00022

Abstract

The Virginia "Teddy" Fenton Photograph Collection on the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada (1920-1985) contains photographs of the Hoover Dam, Colorado River, and Boulder City, Nevada. The photographs depict the construction of the Hoover Dam from 1931 to 1936, views of the dam after it was finished, and workers building the dam.

Archival Collection

Photograph of the Municipal Building, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1955 - 1958

Date

1955 to 1958

Description

Black and white image showing an exterior view of the Municipal Building in Boulder City.

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Slide of a woman and children in a Boulder City, circa early 1930s

Date

1931

Description

A black and white image of a woman and three children standing next to a makeshift home in an area known as Ragtown near the Hoover Dam construction site at Black Canyon, not far from Boulder City.

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View of walls from a lost city: photographic print

Date

1910 (year approximate) to 1930 (year approximate)

Description

From the Chester R. Longwell Photograph Collection (PH-00311). Best walls uncovered at Lost City. N V-88.

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Film transparency of an airport and Trans World Airlines (TWA) terminal, Boulder City, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

Picture of four airplanes lined up at the Trans World Airlines terminal in Boulder City.

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Searchlight city view: photographic print

Date

1930 (year approximate) to 1980 (year approximate)

Description

An overview of Searchlight, Nevada.

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Photograph of high school construction, Boulder City, Nevada, 1949-1950

Date

1949 to 1950

Description

Boulder City High School under construction.

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Burros carrying freight in Panamint City, California: photographic print

Date

1940 to 1943

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.B. Lisle Family. By this time Panamint City was pretty much a ghost town, but Ralph Lisle and his partners lived here while working a nearby tungsten mine. Because there was no road from Panamint City to the Mine, all transporting was done by burros, shown here loaded with cargo. 

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