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Government pumping plant at the Colorado River in Black Canyon: photographic print, 1931 August 07

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Item

Archival Collection

Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00267
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01

Archival Component

Bucyrus-Erie shovel excavation for Site Number 3 compressor plant: photographic print, 1931 June 02

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00267
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01

Archival Component

Bucyrus-Erie shovel excavation for Site Number 3 compressor plant: photographic print, 1931 June 02

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Item

Archival Collection

Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00267
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01

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Upper portal of the Six Companies railroad tunnel Number 1: photographic print, 1931 August 09

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Item

Archival Collection

Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00267
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01

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Aerial photograph of the Colorado River and Hemenway Wash, before 1935

Date

open start to 1935

Description

Hemenway Wash, located at the bend of the Colorado River just upstream of Black Canyon, before the construction of Hoover dam.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "Colorado River"

Image

Slide of a woman and children in a Boulder City, circa early 1930s

Date

1931

Description

A black and white image of a woman and three children standing next to a makeshift home in an area known as Ragtown near the Hoover Dam construction site at Black Canyon, not far from Boulder City.

Image

Photograph of a mercantile store, Saint Thomas, Nevada, 1929

Date

1929

Description

Black and white image of a mercantile store at Saint Thomas, Nevada in 1929. Town was submerged under water during the construction of Hoover Dam and Lake Mead. Photo sleeve contains additional materials.

Image

Postcard of Boulder City (Nev), 1931

Date

1931

Description

Illustration of Boulder City, in which many houses and neighborhoods can be seen. The caption reads: "Boulder City, Nevada. A model city built to house the workmen engaged on the Boulder Dam [later known as the Hoover Dam] Project."

Image

Mills, Morgan H., 1914-1982

Morgan Mills was born in Grand Junction, Colorado on July 27, 1914. He later moved to California, where he worked as an electrical engineer and was involved in the Boulder (Hoover) Dam project in Las Vegas, Nevada. He passed away on March 20, 1982 in Los Angeles, California.

Person

Motor lorry belonging to construction companies that built Boulder Dam, 1930-1936

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File

Archival Collection

Virginia "Teddy" Fenton Photograph Collection on the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00022
Collection Name: Virginia "Teddy" Fenton Photograph Collection on the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 02

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