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Back of postcard, Lake Mead Marina, 1970s
Description
Back of postcard has descriptions of other tourist destinations to visit around the marina including the Hoover Dam, taking a charter cruise, visiting the lodge, and dining at the Lake Mead Supper Club.
Film transparency showing a boat on Lake Mead, circa 1935-1950
Date
1935 to 1950
Archival Collection
Description
An image of people on a sailboat at Lake Mead. Transcribed text from image: "Sailboat of the eight-meter racing type on Lake Mead, near Boulder Dam." Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
Image
Photograph of three men outside of the Commissary, Boulder City (Nev.), approximately 1930-1936
Date
1930 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
Three men sit and stand outside of the Commissary for Hoover Dam workers in Boulder City, Nevada. The signs in the front of the building advertise film development and Jim the Barber. Coca Cola boxes are stacked along the side of the building.
Image
Negatives of Black Canyon, Colorado River, and unidentified group of people, circa 1931
Date
1930 to 1931
Archival Collection
Description
Miscellaneous images depicting various scenes around Black Canyon and the Hoover Dam site (pre-construction). Many of the images include an unidentified group of people.
Image
Photograph of men in a boat, Colorado River, approximately 1931-1936
Date
1931 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
A boat full of men crossing the Colorado River to get to the Hoover Dam construction site.
Image
Film transparency of the Colorado River, circa 1930s-1950s
Date
1930 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
The black and white view of an unidentified man sitting on top of rocks located at the edge of the Colorado River. This image was probably taken near Hoover Dam in Black Canyon, where the Colorado River lies on the state line between Arizona and Nevada.
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Telegram from W. R. Armstrong (Los Angeles) to A. L. Coey, March 21, 1931
Date
1931-03-21
Archival Collection
Description
List of the steps the Union Pacific Railroad Company would follow to switch their industrial users over from their previous water providers to the railroad.
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