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Booklet of various views of Hoover Dam: postcards, image 004

Description

Three postcards of Hoover Dam, and one postcard of the beach at Lake Mead.

Postcard showing Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s

Date

1936 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

Caption on postcard reads: "Night view of Boulder Dam as seen from the Arizona side." Boulder Dam was officially re-named Hoover Dam in 1947.

Image

Generator shaft for Unit A-9 at the Hoover Dam: photographic print

Date

1954-03-10

Description

From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). Hoover Dam generator shaft for Unit A-9 enroute to powerplant via 150-ton cableway in 1951.

Image

Photograph of dam site, Hoover Dam, January 1933

Date

1933-01

Description

Looking upstream at the dam site, Hoover Dam, January 1933. Construction materials and small bridges line the canyon above the river as the dam is being built.

Image

Photograph of a generator during the construction of Hoover Dam, 1931

Date

1931

Description

Ingersoll-Rand generators were used to produce electricity in the earliest stages of Hoover Dam construction near Boulder City, Nevada, 1931.

Image

Film transparency of Hoover Dam, circa 1940s-1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

A view looking down the downstream face of Hoover Dam; from this angle, the power house can be seen at the base of the dam, along with empty outlet works from the Nevada valve house on the right.

Image

Postcard of panoramic view of Hoover Dam, 1950s-1960s

Date

1950 to 1969

Description

Oversized postcard with panoramic view of Hoover Dam and surrounding area in Black Canyon. On back: "P27233. Color by Carlos Elmer."

Image

Photograph of power generators at Hoover Dam, circa mid 1930s

Date

1935 to 1940

Archival Collection

Description

An image of a row of General Electric power generators under construction at Hoover Dam. Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Photograph of power generators at Hoover Dam, circa 1935-1940

Date

1935 to 1940

Archival Collection

Description

An image of an unidentified man standing on power generator equipment in the powerhouse at Hoover Dam. Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

Image

Photograph of visitors in powerhouse at Hoover Dam, circa 1935-1940

Date

1935 to 1940

Archival Collection

Description

An image of visitors posing in the gallery leading from the elevator to the Hoover Dam powerhouse. Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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