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Construction, 1934 May 29

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00071
Collection Name: Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 04 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Construction, 1935 November 26

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00071
Collection Name: Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 04 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Photograph of pipe section being lowered into the dam construction site, 1934 August

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Collection on Hoover Dam
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Collection Number: MS-00713
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection on Hoover Dam
Box/Folder: Box SH-043

Archival Component

A Six Companies freight barge at the lower portals: photographic print, 1931 September 26

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00267
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01

Archival Component

Duplicate of photographic prints: photographic negatives, approximately 1932 to 1934

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00267
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01

Archival Component

Aerial photograph of the Colorado River and Hemenway Wash, before 1935

Date

open start to 1935

Description

Hemenway Wash, located at the bend of the Colorado River just upstream of Black Canyon, before the construction of Hoover dam.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "Colorado River"

Image

Slide of a woman and children in a Boulder City, circa early 1930s

Date

1931

Description

A black and white image of a woman and three children standing next to a makeshift home in an area known as Ragtown near the Hoover Dam construction site at Black Canyon, not far from Boulder City.

Image

Photograph of a mercantile store, Saint Thomas, Nevada, 1929

Date

1929

Description

Black and white image of a mercantile store at Saint Thomas, Nevada in 1929. Town was submerged under water during the construction of Hoover Dam and Lake Mead. Photo sleeve contains additional materials.

Image

Postcard of Boulder City (Nev), 1931

Date

1931

Description

Illustration of Boulder City, in which many houses and neighborhoods can be seen. The caption reads: "Boulder City, Nevada. A model city built to house the workmen engaged on the Boulder Dam [later known as the Hoover Dam] Project."

Image

David Bruce Dill oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00396

Abstract

Oral history interview with David Bruce Dill conducted by R. C. Turner on May 04, 1976 and May 12, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Dill discusses the desert environment, human adaptation to the weather, and the Boulder Dam Bureau of Mines.

Archival Collection