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Intake tower on Arizona side of Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam). Taken from launch on Lake Mead: photographic negative, 1936 August 09
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00189
Collection Name: United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box SH-025
Collection Name: United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box SH-025
Archival Component
Intake tower on Arizona side of Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam). Taken from launch on Lake Mead: photographic negative, 1936 August 09
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00189
Collection Name: United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box SH-025
Collection Name: United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box SH-025
Archival Component
Intake tower on Arizona side of Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam). Taken from launch on Lake Mead: photographic negative, 1936 August 09
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00189
Collection Name: United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box SH-025
Collection Name: United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box SH-025
Archival Component
Aerial view of Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam), looking at downstream side of the dam towards the Nevada side: photographic negative, 1936 August 09
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00189
Collection Name: United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box SH-025
Collection Name: United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box SH-025
Archival Component
Postcard of Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s
Date
1935 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
An image showing a bird's eye view of Hoover Dam from the Arizona side, featuring intake towers. Caption on bottom right of image reads: "Upstream face of Boulder Dam showing intake towers and Arizona observation point. [Copyright] BDSB." Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
Image
Views of Boulder Dam and Las Vegas, Nevada
Description
"N.E. Johnson, photographer and publisher." Booklet consists primarily of photographs of the Colorado River in Black Canyon, prior to the construction of Hoover (Boulder) Dam, and photographs of people and businesses in early 20th-century Las Vegas.
Text
Aerial photograph of Hoover Dam, circa 1935
Date
1935
Archival Collection
Description
An image showing an aerial view of Hoover Dam. The name was officially changed from Boulder Dam to Hoover Dam in 1947.
Image
Boulder Dam Postage Stamp
Identifier
MS-00052
Abstract
The collection consists of one three-cent United States (U.S.) postage stamp from 1935 featuring Boulder Dam, located on the Arizona-Nevada border.
Archival Collection
Postcard of powerhouse at Hoover Dam, circa 1935-1940
Date
1935 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
An image of completed power generators at Hoover Dam. Caption on image reads: "Interior of powerhouse at Boulder Dam, with six 115,000-H.P generators installed. Service Bureau photo." Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
Image
Photograph of Hoover Dam structural drawing, Hoover Dam (Nev.), January 4, 1940
Date
1940-01-04
Archival Collection
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)
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