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Warren A. Bechtel Album of Hoover Dam: photographic print
Date
1972-03-28
Description
Pg.84 #3358 Looking upstream toward Boulder Dam and the Power House. July 25, 1935. Pg.84 #3362 Looking toward the Power House and Valve Houses, from top of Boulder Dam. Jul. 25, 1935.
Warren A. Bechtel Album of Hoover Dam: photographic print
Date
1977-01-20
Description
Pg.49 #2868 Looking upstream toward Boulder Dam, from Lookout Point. Sept. 29th, 1934. Pg.49 #2866 Night photograph of Boulder Dam, from Lookout Point. Sept. 29th, 1934.
Mary R. Stout oral history interview
Identifier
OH-01778
Abstract
Oral history interview with Mary R. Stout conducted by Greg Rowland on February 20, 1980 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Stout discusses her personal history and living in Boulder City, Nevada. Stout describes living in "Ragtown," a makeshift settlement for workers constructing Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) before Boulder City was established. She also describes her father's duties as a pipe fitter while working on the construction of Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) and how Boulder City has changed and evolved. Stout concludes by talking about nuclear weapons tests, her careers, and gambling in Boulder City.
Archival Collection
Warren A. Bechtel Album of Hoover Dam: photographic print
Date
1977-05-06
Description
Pg.55 #2936 Boulder Dam, looking upstream from Lookout Point. Dec. 3rd, 1934. Pg.55 #2958 Third millionth cubic yard of concrete being lowered to Boulder Dam. Dec. 5th, 1934.
Postcard of retouched photo used for engraving postage stamp of Hoover Dam, 1936.
Date
1936
Archival Collection
Description
Reproduction of photo used for engraving Boulder Dam stamp. Caption on photo reads: "This is an actual photo of the retouched photograph from which the engraving for the Boulder Dam stamp was made. Original valued at $1600.00." Boulder Dam was officially re-named Hoover Dam in 1947.
Image
Photograph album, Henry Wieking Collection, circa late 1920s-early 1930s, page 10
Date
1925 to 1935
1905 to 1935
Description
Captions: Adit tunnel, Boulder Dam Project, Oakes #9; Face of coffer dam - Boulder Dam.
Image
Warren A. Bechtel Album of Hoover Dam: photographic print
Date
1978-09-19
Description
Pg.81 #3324 Looking upstream at Boulder Dam and the Power House, from the lower portals road. June 24, 1935. Pg.81 #3340 Looking downstream from the top of Boulder Dam. Note the Valve Houses in the background. June 25, 1935.
