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Visitors' Gallery inside Boulder Dam: postcard
Date
1930 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Colored postcard depicting Visitors' Gallery inside Boulder Dam. (c. 1930s)
Mixed Content
"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From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Unpublished manuscripts file.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
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.
Image
Hoover Dam album, image 020
Date
1931 to 1936
Description
High scaling during early constuction at Boulder Dam [left], Transporting men by cableway, Boulder Dam [middle], Boulder Dam dowstream face and power house [right], 1931-1936
Image
A motor boat at the upper face of the filling reservoir from the Arizona side, Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam): photographic print and negative, 1936 January
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: Folder 02
Collection Name: United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Archival Component
Postcard of Hoover Dam, circa 1935
Date
1935
Archival Collection
Description
A Nevada side view of Lake Mead filled at the recently completed Hoover Dam. Caption at bottom of postcard reads: "Boulder Dam crest and intake towers, looking toward Arizona side." Boulder Dam was officially re-named Hoover Dam in 1947.
Image
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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Seventeen U.S. Navy planes landed at the airport, Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) Recreation Area: photographic print and negative, 1938 January 22
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: Folder 02
Collection Name: United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Archival Component
Postcard of Hoover Dam, 1931
Date
1931
Archival Collection
Description
Illustration of Hoover Dam on a postcard envelope titled, "Boulder Dam and Vicinity."
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