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Postcard of Hoover Dam's downstream face, circa mid 1930s
Date
1934 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
Color image showing an artist's rendering of Boulder Dam's downstream face. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Postcard of Hoover Dam spillway, circa 1935-1936
Date
1935 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
Looking upstream from Boulder Dam, showing lower Lake Mead and highway to Kingman, Arizona. Boulder Dam was officially re-named Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Figures of the Republic, Boulder Dam: postcard
Date
1930 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Colored postcard from the Boulder Dam. Figures of the Republic, Boulder Dam. Bronze figures designed by Oskar J. W. Hansen. Inscription says: "It is fitting that the flag of our country should fly here in honor of those men who, inspired by a vision of lonely lands made fruitful, conceived this great work and of those others whose genius and labor made that vision a reality (Inset above is reproduction of inscription at base of flagpole.)" 1930s
Mixed Content
Postcard of Hoover Dam, 1931
Date
1931
Archival Collection
Description
Postcard with an illustration of Boulder Dam view from Lookout Point. Boulder Dam was later renamed Hoover Dam.
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Postcard showing Hoover Dam, circa 1930s - 1940s
Date
1930 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
A colored postcard showing an artist's representation of a small boat sailing on the upstream face of Hoover Dam, previously known as Boulder Dam, in Black Canyon. Transcribed onto the top border of the image: "Upstream Face And Intake Towers, Boulder Dam."
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Postcard of power generators at Hoover Dam, circa 1935-1940
Date
1935 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
An image of 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.
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"Blacks and the Boulder Dam Project": manuscript by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
Date
1970 (year approximate) to 1996 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Unpublished manuscripts file. Published manuscript, Nevada Historical Society.
Text
A group at the Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) groundbreaking ceremony: Charles Sumner Reynolds, pastor of the Las Vegas Methodist Church, in Masonic apron, 1930 February 22
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 02
Collection Name: Sherwin "Scoop" Garside Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Archival Component
Postcard of Hoover Dam, 1931
Date
1931
Archival Collection
Description
Illustration of Boulder Dam, later called Hoover Dam, with the view of lower portals and diversion tunnels. The caption reads: "Boulder Dam, looking upstream, showing Colorado River."
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Postcard showing Hoover Dam, circa 1930s-1940s
Date
1930 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
A colored postcard showing an artist's representation of water flowing over the spillway gates from Lake Mead into Hoover Dam, previously known as Boulder Dam, in Black Canyon. Transcribed onto the top border of the image: "Lake Mead Flowing over Spillway Gates, Boulder Dam."
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