Looking upstream at the Boulder Dam (now called Hoover Dam) under construction. "Boulder Dam, looking upstream August 31, 1933 2345" is written at the bottom of the photo. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
Looking upstream at the Boulder Dam (now called Hoover Dam) under construction. "Boulder Dam, looking upstream September 15, 1933 2355" is written at the bottom of the photo. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
Looking upstream at the Boulder Dam (now called Hoover Dam) under construction. "Boulder Dam, looking upstream September 22, 1933 2361" is written at the bottom of the photograph. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
Colorado River-Hoover Dam. Diagram of Boulder Dam in construction from book: Boulder Dam of the Great Southwest, by Ralph B. Simmons, 1936. Image taken January 4, 1940. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
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.
Oral history interview with Amalette Wilson conducted by Koh Swee Huat on May 10, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Wilson discusses Boulder City, Nevada and the Hoover (Boulder) Dam.