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Photograph of gravel plant, Hoover Dam, February 26, 1932
Date
1932-02-26
Archival Collection
Description
Night view of gravel plant, taken near the first scalping screen, and looking in the opposite direction than the view in the next picture, image 0120 0010. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
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Photograph of gravel plant, Hoover Dam, March 2, 1932
Date
1932-03-02
Archival Collection
Description
A view of the gravel plant, showing the live storage of screened aggregate and sand in the foreground. Strange pile for raw aggregate in the background. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
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Photograph of mixing plant, Hoover Dam, March 8, 1932
Date
1932-03-08
Archival Collection
Description
Looking upstream at the low level mixing plant, 4 cubic-yard aggregators mounted on white trucks in the foreground. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
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Photograph of warehouses and machine shops, Hoover Dam, March 11, 1932
Date
1932-03-11
Archival Collection
Description
Machine shop and warehouse group of buildings, surrounded by material storage yards. Used for Boulder Dam, now called Hoover Dam, construction. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
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Photograph of car in front of the Giles home, Goldfield (Nev.), 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Automobile sits in front of the Giles home in Goldfield, Nevada.
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Photograph of Giles' backyard, Goldfield (Nev.), 1934
Date
1934
Archival Collection
Description
Giles' home, exterior backyard in Goldfield, Nevada. Inscription with image reads: "Back of house in Goldfield, Nevada [sic] see bird bath - 1934 Goldfield Nevada. E.S. Giles - cost about $10 per month to keep these few things alive."
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Photograph of the Giles' backyard, Goldfield (Nev.), 1934
Date
1934
Archival Collection
Description
Giles' backyard with trees and vines in the yard and a bird bath in the center of the plot.
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Photograph of flowers on the side of Giles' home, Goldfield (Nev.), September 10, 1939
Date
1939-09-10
Archival Collection
Description
Giles' home, with flowers and vines on the exterior front porch. Inscription with image reads: "9-10-39. Our home showing vines and large blue morning glories, Goldfield, Nev."
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Photograph of Giles' grave site, Goldfield (Nev.), March 1959
Date
1959-03
Archival Collection
Description
Edwin S. and Edith C. Giles graves in Goldfield (Nevada) Cemetary. Inscription reads: "Picture taken March 1959. This is a picture of the graves of my beloved parents Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Scofield Giles. They rest here in the 'shadow of the malaphie' at Goldfied, Nevada where they lived so happily for 30 years. Their grave is covered with purple glass and green to try to make it less eugly [sic] as nothing will grow here... Clyde and I made this cover-ing-by pressing by hand the purple and green glass into fresh cement, to resemble purple flowers with a green border, a task of love." - Edith G. Barcus
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Photograph of Giles' grave site, Goldfield (Nev.), March 1959
Date
1959-03
Description
Edwin S. and Edith C. Giles graves in Goldfield (Nevada) Cemetary. Inscription reads: "Picture taken March 1959. This is a picture of the graves of my beloved parents Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Scofield Giles. They rest here in the 'shadow of the malaphie' at Goldfied, Nevada where they lived so happily for 30 years. Their grave is covered with purple glass and green to try to make it less eugly [sic] as nothing will grow here... Clyde and I made this cover-ing-by pressing by hand the purple and green glass into fresh cement, to resemble purple flowers with a green border, a task of love." - Edith G. Barcus
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