Officials in the field conducting a land survey for the Hoover Dam project. The men surveying the land include Six Companies Foreman C.A. Williams, U.S. Reclamation Service Engineer R.C. Thaxton; Superintendent of Construction for the Six Companies Frank T. Crowe; and Office of Engineer and U.S. Reclamation Service John C. Page.

This photograph has three images. The first one (0272_0040) reads, "Early morning on grave-yard shift, day shift coming on, notice lunch boxes. Hardway Johnnie (John Armitage) the graveyard Asst. Super. Coming down to see why they are slow getting to their jobs - that's me right behind him." "The men nicknamed me Hardway Jr. I relayed his orders. He had a hard time walking those 2x12 boards on top of the forms - they did install rails later, as you can see, but didn't weather the rough treatment - (xx) elevator shaft." "I got a lot of learning under John Armitage. He sent me to relieve on so many different jobs. Had clean up crew for three months - also I ran the pours with #5 hi-line until it could reach the dam no more, with the angle it sat. Tied steel on intake towers two nights." "Most fearful job was relief hook tender on the stiffleg. The job was situated on a pad on the upstream face of the dam, about level with the low-mix trusel, with just enough room for two of the 8 yd. buckets - the stiffleg would leave a bucket of mud - pick an empty one - No.6 hi-line would leave and empty one and pick up the empty. The men stood as flat as they could - during the exchange with the bucket down. The men would grab the swinging steel cables in one hand, the 12 pound hook that felt like 50 pounds. Place cable on eye in bucket, then twist hook down and slam in place - no guard rails." The second one (0272_0041) reads "Intake towers growing. The bottom of the picture shows a finished pour - it must cure for 12 hours in the hot weather, and 48 hours, cold weather - 300 ft. down if you step off the end of this panel (see arrow)," as a handwritten inscription. The third one (0272_0042) reads "The morning after my first night of work, with Dickey" (dog).

Hoover Dam group photo at the Snackateria. Identified from left to right, standing in back row: 1. Unknown, 2. Unknown, 3. Lola Adams, 4. L.J. Hudlow, Boulder Canyon Project Manager, Hoover Dam, 5. Unknown, 6. Audrey Bascon Talt, Manager of Blind Center, 7. Unknown, 8. Unknown, 9. Unknown, 10. James Huchingson, Regional Administrative Officer. Children in the front row are unknown. Inscription with photo reads: "The group of blind and 'seers' who were at opening of Snackateria at Boulder Dam." [Identified by Dorothy Dorothy 11-1-84] Site Name: Snackateria