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Film strip of Boulder City or Hoover Dam construction, image 019: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of men near large steel machinery, Hoover Dam, approximately 1931-1936
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Archival Collection
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Boulder Theatre, Hoover Dam Service Bureau, Theatre Candy Shop, Hoover Dam Hotel, and Uptown Hardware Store, Boulder City, Nevada, approximately 1933-1949
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box 03
Archival Component
Photograph of Nevada powerhouse under construction, Hoover Dam, 1933-1934
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Archival Collection
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Aerial photograph showing boxcar being lowered into Hoover Dam, circa 1934-1935
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Archival Collection
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Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge and Hoover Dam, 2009-2012
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The Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge and the Hoover Dam series depict the construction of the Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge from 2009 to 2012. The photographs primarily depict workers building the bridge, including photographs of ironworkers, the arch, the temporary pylons, the arch keystone, and the piers. The photographs also depict aerial views of the bridge, the Hoover (Boulder) Dam, the Colorado River, Black Canyon, and the surrounding area.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Jamey Stillings Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
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Boulder City, Nevada and Hoover Dam photographs, 1930-1935
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Materials depict the construction of Boulder City, Nevada and the Hoover (Boulder) Dam from 1930 to 1935. The photographs primarily depict construction of the master planned community of Boulder City, which was built to house workers during the construction of the dam. The photographs also depict construction of the dam, surveyors working in Black Canyon and on the Colorado River, and buildings in Boulder City. The photographs also depict Williamsville, the small settlement that preceded Boulder City.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Film transparency showing aerial view of Hoover Dam's reservoir, circa mid 1930s-1950s
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Archival Collection
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Film transparency of the beginning wood base of the Hoover Dam diversion tunnel, January 31, 1934
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Archival Collection
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People in a parking lot near the Arizona Spillway at Hoover Dam, Arizona: photographic slide
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Archival Collection
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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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