Skip to main content

Search the Special Collections and Archives Portal

Search Results

Display    Results Per Page
Displaying results 831 - 840 of 7895

Photograph of workers in action, Hoover Dam, approximately 1931-1936

Date

1931 to 1936

Description

A photograph of busy construction workers at the Hoover Dam. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)

Image

Hoover Dam and Colorado River photographs, approximately 1925 to 1960

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

The Hoover Dam and Colorado River photographs depict the Hoover (Boulder) Dam and the Colorado River from 1925 to 1960. The photographs primarily depict the Hoover Dam following its completion in 1935, but also show the dam'’s construction and location in Black Canyon on the Colorado River. The photographs also depict Lake Mead, the reservoir created by the Hoover Dam, as well as Boulder Canyon. The items described include black-and-white photographic prints, postcards, and negatives; items listed are photographic prints unless otherwise specified.

Archival Collection

Ferron and Bracken Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00001
Collection Name: Ferron and Bracken Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Photograph of Hoover Dam, circa 1932

Date

1931 to 1933

Description

Looking upstream before the cofferdams were in; Nevada side on left. Note work boat on Arizona side, carrying dynamite batteries from above dam to dam site. Note on back: "All the blasting Wint observed used a generator, not batteries. Later the power was provided by permanent lines. - James J. Hester, son-in-law of W. A. "Wint" Davis, photog."

Image

Photograph of Hoover Dam construction, circa 1932 - 1933

Date

1932 to 1933

Description

Black and white image showing excavation work on Boulder Dam at night. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

Image

Photograph of Hoover Dam at night, April 20, 1966

Date

1966-04-20

Description

Black and white image of Hoover Dam at night. Seventy-eight floodlights on top of the central section of the power plant project 93,500 watts on the face of the dam.

Image

Photograph of first concrete in Hoover Dam, June 6, 1933

Date

1933-06-06

Description

Men working at the construction site of Boulder Dam. Transcribed on photograph: "First concrete in Boulder Dam June 6, 1933 2236." Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)

Image

Hoover Dam, approximately 1936-1940

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00100
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Binder PB-012

Archival Component

Hoover Dam, approximately 1936-1940

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00100
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Binder PB-012

Archival Component

Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, undated

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00100
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box SH-059

Archival Component

Photograph of a man speaking, Hoover Dam, October, 1946

Date

1946-10

Archival Collection

Description

An image of an unidentified man speaking at the Boulder Dam decennial event. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

Image