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Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam): postcards, 1936
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Edith Giles Barcus Family Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00117
Collection Name: Edith Giles Barcus Family Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Edith Giles Barcus Family Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Postcard: Boulder Dam Arizona spillway, undated
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File
Archival Collection
Lake-Eglington Family Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00010
Collection Name: Lake-Eglington Family Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 03
Collection Name: Lake-Eglington Family Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 03
Archival Component
Postcard: Boating on Boulder Dam Lake, undated
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File
Archival Collection
Lake-Eglington Family Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00010
Collection Name: Lake-Eglington Family Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 03
Collection Name: Lake-Eglington Family Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 03
Archival Component
Boulder Dam, notes, maps, booklet, 1929
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Franklin M. Murphy Geological Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00202
Collection Name: Franklin M. Murphy Geological Papers
Box/Folder: Box 10
Collection Name: Franklin M. Murphy Geological Papers
Box/Folder: Box 10
Archival Component
Construction of Boulder Dam, approximately 1930-1935
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Sherwin "Scoop" Garside Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00067
Collection Name: Sherwin "Scoop" Garside Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 04
Collection Name: Sherwin "Scoop" Garside Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 04
Archival Component
Photograph of the Boulder Dam Power Decennial plaque, October 25, 1946
Date
1946-10-25
Archival Collection
Description
The face of the Boulder Dam Power Decennial plaque, which was made for the ten year anniversary of Boulder Dam, renamed Hoover Dam in 1947. Depicted on the sign is an outline of the downstream face of the Hoover Dam, along with outlines of the state seals of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Transcribed across the sign: "Boulder Dam, Power Decennial. Flood Control - Irrigation - Power. Saluting Boulder Dam On Its Tenth Year Of Commercial Power Production. 1936-1946. Honoring The People Of The Colorado River Basin States. Whose initiative brought forth Boulder Dam, making possible: The maximum utilization of the water resources of this great river system; The prevention of floods; The conservation of water; The availability of hydroelectric energy to a wide area."
Image
Booklet depicting various views of Boulder City and Boulder Dam: postcards, image 003
Description
Three postcards. Boulder Dam and Lake Mean in Black Canyon; Boulder Dam Powerhouse - Nevada Wing; Sunset at Boulder Dam.
Booklet depicting various views of Boulder City and Boulder Dam: postcards, image 004
Description
Three postcards. Nevada Lookout Point, Boulder Dam; Transcontinental Highway across Boulder Dam; Boulder Dam and Powerhouse, Fortification Mountain in Distance.
Film transparency showing streets of Boulder Dam, circa 1933-1940s
Date
1933 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
A grayscale view of Boulder City, Nevada; Boulder Dam Hotel and a building sign advertising "free Boulder Dam motion pictures" can be seen in the background.
Image
Booklet depicting various views of Boulder City and Boulder Dam: postcards, image 008
Description
Three postcards. Two of the Boulder Dam, the third id the Boulder Dam Reservoir filler to capacity.