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First "jumbo" for pouring concrete lining in top or arch section of tunnels was erected on "beach" in front of tunnel Number 2 and transported across river in sections by cableway: photographic print, 1932 May 20
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 03
Archival Component
Visitors to project are intrigued by the multiplicity of dish pans used as reflectors, which are scattered all over the project where night work takes place. This is the crew that installs them: photographic print, 1932 August 15
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 03
Archival Component
High scalers perched on bench 1000 feet above river prepare anchorages from which workmen will be suspended by ropes in scaling canyon walls for penstock tunnel adits: photographic print, 1932 August 22
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 03
Archival Component
View of dedication ceremonies by the Elks' Lodge on the bicentennial of George Washington's birth. A flag pole was erected and ceremonies held at canyon rim near the dam-site: photographic print, 1932 February 22
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 03
Archival Component
Looking across river from Arizona side at upper portals of diversion tunnels Number 1 and 2. Truck bridge in foreground has been partially washed out: photographic print, 1932 February 10
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 03
Archival Component
Portion of gravel pits on Arizona side of the river, 11 miles above dam-site. Hills in background are across the river in Nevada, 5 miles away: photographic print, 1932 January 16
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 03
Archival Component
"Bechtel, What a Party!" Bechtel News newsletter for Steve Bechtel Jr.'s celebration of the Bechtel Corporation 90th anniversary, 1988 October
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection of Boulder City, Hoover Dam, and Lake Mead National Recreation Area Maps and Brochures
Box/Folder: Flat File 03 (MISSING)
Archival Component
Nevada powerhouse, showing the reinforcing and walls around the penstock openings. Pumpcrete machine is in the butterfly valve gallery between the rock abutment and the turbine room: photographic print, 1934 October 30
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 02
Archival Component
Albert S. Henderson Photograph Collection
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Abstract
The Albert S. Henderson Photograph Collection (1860s-1959) primarily contains black-and-white photographic prints of Albert S. Henderson and his family. Also included in the collection are photographic prints of Henderson during his tenure as a Nevada legislator and district judge. Other materials include postcards, negatives, and a tintype.
Archival Collection
Southern Nevada Telephone Company Collection
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Abstract
The Southern Nevada Telephone Company Collection documents the history of the company from 1957 to 1966. The collection includes photographs and internal publications that illustrate the company's growth and role in Las Vegas' history. It also contains a photocopy of A History of the Southern Nevada Telephone Company, 1907-1961.
Archival Collection