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Photograph of Hoover Dam during construction, 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of Hoover Dam's downstream face, looking up during the construction of the Hoover Dam, 1930s.
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Photograph of Hoover Dam construction, 1931
Date
1931
Archival Collection
Description
A view of workers operating equipment at the Hoover Dam construction site near Boulder City, Nevada.
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Hoover Dam switchyard: photographic print
Date
1950 (year approximate) to 1959 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). Hoover Dam Switchyard circa 1950s.
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Photograph water at the Hoover Dam, 1936-1940
Date
1936 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
Water gushing at the Hoover Dam when it was called the Boulder Dam. In 1947 it was renamed the Hoover Dam. Written at the top of the photo: "BDRA. Nev. 4.36 342." Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
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Photograph of a turbine, Hoover Dam, 1931-1936
Date
1931 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
The inside of the turbine room in the Hoover Dam in the early 1930s. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
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Postcard of the Hoover Dam, 1936-1950s
Date
1936 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
View of the Hoover Dam from above. Written on the bottom of the postcard is: "Boulder Dam and Fortification Mt[?] 660 Vegas Studio."
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Hoover Dam area: photographic print
Date
1930 (year uncertain) to 1933 (year uncertain)
Archival Collection
Description
Pinhole view of the Hoover Dam area looking west. The U.S. Construction Railroad and the Black Canyon highway is depicted in the foreground of the photograph.
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Photograph of the newly constructed Hoover Dam, 1936
Date
1936
Archival Collection
Description
A view of the finished Hoover Dam and Lake Mead nearly full. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
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Photograph of Hoover Dam, circa mid 1930s
Date
1935 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
An image of Hoover Dam's crest at night. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Photograph of Hoover Dam construction, 1931
Date
1931
Archival Collection
Description
The Lewis Construction Company drilling railroad tunnels made of U.S. Construction Railroad to the Hoover Dam site near Boulder City, Nevada.
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