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Bridge Digital Archive Information

Date

2014-06

Description

Description of The Bridge at Hoover Dam digital archive by photographer Jamey Stillings

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Morgan H. Mills interview, March 26, 1981: transcript

Date

1981-03-26

Description

On March 26, 1981, Matthew A. Carr interviewed Morgan Mills (b. July 27, 1914 in Grand Junction, Colorado) about his life in Boulder City, Nevada and his work at the Boulder (Hoover) Dam site. Mills speaks primarily about his time working on the dam as a mechanic with the United States Bureau of Reclamation, as a tourist guide with the Boulder City Tourist Bureau and as a musician in local bands. Moreover, Mills speaks about attending the University of Nevada, Reno and playing music there. Lastly, he talks about the Great Depression, how it affected Las Vegas and Boulder City, the development of different infrastructure and the speakeasies in Boulder City during the Prohibition era.

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Slide of a man and a car in Government Park, Boulder City, Nevada, circa mid 1930s

Date

1935 to 1938

Archival Collection

Description

An image of a man standing by a car and looking at a sign with directions for Boulder Dam, Boulder Ferry, and Kingman, Arizona. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Photograph of the signing of the Six Companies contract, Las Vegas, April 1931

Date

1931-04

Description

Black and white image of officials from the Six Companies of San Francisco and the Bureau of Reclamation, as well as some local individuals, signing the contract to construct Hoover Dam (note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947). Henry J. Kaiser is seated, signing the contract. Standing at the second spot from the left is Al Cahlan, Las Vegas Review Journal Managing Editor. Standing at the far right is Charles P. "Pop" Squires. Also identified in the photograph (in no particular order) are W.R. Armstrong, Walker J. Young (Bureau of Reclamation Engineer), R.F. Walter, and Louis Crampton.

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Water overtakes "No Parking" signs along a Lake Mead shoreline, looking northeast in Lake Mead, Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1983-08

Description

This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.

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Water overtakes "No Parking" signs along a Lake Mead shoreline, looking northeast in Lake Mead, Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1983-08

Description

This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.

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Desert palm trees are surrounded by water near a Lake Mead marina, looking northwest in Lake Mead, Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1983-08

Description

This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.

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Desert palm trees are surrounded by water near a Lake Mead marina, looking northwest in Lake Mead, Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1983-08

Description

This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.

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Bootleg bar: photographic print

Date

1931 to 1932

Description

Liberty's Last Stand, a bootleg bar set up on Block 16, LV (1931-1932) as part of federal sting operation.

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