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Prow of boat received from Mare Island at Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam), showing bad cracks: photographic negative, 1936 June 29
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
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
Burrell C. Lawton Photograph Collection on the Hoover Dam
Identifier
PH-00120
Abstract
The Burrell C. Lawton Photograph Collection on the Hoover Dam depicts the construction of the Hoover (Boulder) Dam on the Colorado River near Las Vegas, Nevada from 1931 to 1934. The photographs primarily depict workers, construction equipment, and the progression of the dam's concrete structures. The photographs also depict construction of diversion tunnels, bridges, the gravel plant, the intake towers, and the concrete mixing plant.
Archival Collection
Postcard of Hoover Dam construction, 1931
Date
1931
Archival Collection
Description
Illustration of Boulder Dam, later called Hoover Dam, construction. Caption reads: "A close-up, showing construction detail, Boulder Dam, Colorado River."
Image
Postcard showing the transportation of a pipe, Hoover Dam, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
A colored postcard showing an artist's representation of the transportation of a pipe necessary for the construction of Boulder Dam, a title that was later changed to Hoover Dam. Transcribed onto the top border of the image: "Transporting Pipe, Boulder Dam."
Image
Postcard of Hoover Dam, February 1935
Date
1935-02
Archival Collection
Description
A comparison of an image of Hoover Dam's upstream face in February 1935 to an image taken later that year, after the waters of Lake Mead had risen. The captions read "February 1935- Boulder Dam today." Boulder Dam was officially re-named Hoover Dam in 1947.
Image
Photograph of Hoover Dam construction, September 7, 1933
Date
1933-09-07
Archival Collection
Description
Looking upstream at the Boulder Dam (now called Hoover Dam) under construction. "Boulder Dam, looking upstream September 7, 1933 2346" is written at the bottom of the photo. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)
Image