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Hoover Dam, approximately 1937-1939
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Glenn Davis Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00020
Collection Name: Glenn Davis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 05
Collection Name: Glenn Davis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 05
Archival Component
Photograph of Fechner, Wirth, and Harris, Hoover Dam, 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Director Robert Fechner (center) of the Civilian Conservation Corps, Assistant Director Wirth (right) of the National Park Service, and engineer Irving Harris of the Bureau of Reclamation pose for a picture at the Boulder (Hoover) Dam. The men are on a tour of the dam's powerhouse. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
Image
Photograph of informational image of Hoover Dam, December 7, 1939
Date
1939-12-07
Archival Collection
Description
Colorado River-Hoover Dam. View showing construction work on powerhouse. Photo from a book or a magazine; inscription reads: "With the dam proper completed, construction work on the power house is being rushed to completion 24 hours of the day." Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
Image
Hoover Dam warehouse: photographic print
Date
1952-10-15
Archival Collection
Description
From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). Number 2 Warehouse the contractors yard on November 28, 1950. Stamp on the back reads, "Photograph by Bureau of Reclamation BCP # 8120 Boulder Canyon Project Boulder City, Nevada."
Image
An A-4 generator at the Hoover Dam: photographic print
Date
1954-04-10
Archival Collection
Description
From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). A-4 generator where workmen taping upper coils support rings on July 26, 1951.
Image
An A-4 generator at the Hoover Dam: photographic print
Date
1954-07-15
Archival Collection
Description
From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). A-4 generator where men are taping coils in stator in progress.
Image
Generator A-4 at the Hoover Dam: photographic print
Date
1955-03-31
Archival Collection
Description
From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). Generator A-4, the rotary completely stacked in 1951.
Image
A view of the Hoover Dam: photographic print
Date
1960 (year approximate) to 1969 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228)
Image
Hoover Dam monument: photographic print
Date
1955
Archival Collection
Description
From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). The stone monument reads, "A Modern Civil Engineering Wonder of the United States - One of Seven Selected by the Ameircan Society of Civil Engineers, 1955. Nevada-Arizona."
Image
Hoover Dam transmission lines: blueprint
Date
1940 (year approximate) to 1960 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228)
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