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Film transparency of road and bridge construction, Black Canyon, circa 1930-1935

Date

1930 to 1935

Archival Collection

Description

Construction of roads and bridge across Colorado River, Hoover Dam

Image

Photograph of men in a shop, Boulder City (Nev.), approximately 1931-1936

Date

1931 to 1936

Description

Five men working in a shop to assist with construction of the Hoover Dam.

Image

John C. Olsen Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00320

Abstract

The John C. Olsen Photograph Collection, approximately 1950 to 1969, consists of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives. Images depict scenes from the annual Helldorado Celebration in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Shriners’ Parade in downtown Las Vegas, various hotels along the Las Vegas Strip, the Last Frontier Village at the Last Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, natural landscapes at Mount Charleston and Rhyolite, Nevada, Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, Twin Lakes, and petroglyphs in Valley of Fire Nevada State Park.

Archival Collection

Dan McKenzie oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01262

Abstract

Oral history interview with Dan McKenzie conducted by Connie Degerness on February 12, 1975 for the Boulder City Library Oral History Project. In this very short interview, McKenzie explains why he came to Nevada from Arizona, finding work on the Hoover Dam construction in April 1930, and then lists all of his subsequent work in maintenance and mechanics during the dam's construction.

Archival Collection

Bound album of El Dorado Cañon, image 002: photographic print

Description

Southwest to the Colorado River from a point west of the mouth of the Grand Wash, before Hoover Dam. This is a loose photo at the beginning of the photo album.

Elton M. and Madelaine Garrett Junior High School under construction: photographic prints, image 001

Description

Hoover Dam and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Elton M. and Madelaine Garrett Junior High School under construction, Boulder City, Nevada (1978)

Elton M. and Madelaine Garrett Junior High School under construction: photographic prints, image 002

Description

Hoover Dam and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Elton M. and Madelaine Garrett Junior High School under construction, Boulder City, Nevada (1978)

Elton M. and Madelaine Garrett Junior High School under construction: photographic prints, image 003

Description

Hoover Dam and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Elton M. and Madelaine Garrett Junior High School under construction, Boulder City, Nevada (1978)

Elton M. and Madelaine Garrett Junior High School under construction: photographic prints, image 004

Description

Hoover Dam and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Elton M. and Madelaine Garrett Junior High School under construction, Boulder City, Nevada (1978)