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Photograph of Hoover Dam construction, August 31, 1933

Date

1933-08-31

Description

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)

Image

Photograph of Hoover Dam construction, September 15, 1933

Date

1933-09-15

Description

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)

Image

Photograph of Hoover Dam construction, September 22, 1933

Date

1933-09-22

Description

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)

Image

Photograph of Hoover Dam structural drawing, Hoover Dam (Nev.), January 4, 1940

Date

1940-01-04

Description

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)

Image

Southern Nevada Photo Album, image 023

Description

Las Vegas subdivision. Boulder Dam Park.

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
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Collection Number: PH-00001
Collection Name: Ferron and Bracken Photograph Collection
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Archival Component

Slide of the Hoover Dam construction, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

Black and white image showing the construction of Hoover Dam. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

Image

Amalette Wilson oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01996

Abstract

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.

Archival Collection