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Looking downstream into Number 4 raise, showing close-up of portal forms: photographic print, 1934 October 25

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: Oversized Box 02

Archival Component

Number 5 intake tower finished to elevation 1232, showing curtain wall: photographic print, 1934 December 05

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: Oversized Box 02

Archival Component

Telephoto looking downstream into the Arizona spillway, showing construction of the spillway bridge: photographic print, 1935 January 08

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: Oversized Box 02

Archival Component

Telephoto view of the Arizona valve house, from the Nevada side: photographic print, 1935 February 25

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00267
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 02

Archival Component

Telephoto view of the Nevada valve house, from the Arizona side: photographic print, 1935 February 25

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00267
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 02

Archival Component

Photograph of the Colorado River from Observation Point, Boulder Canyon, April 3, 1932

Date

1932-04-03

Description

Looking down the Colorado River from Observation Point, April 3, 1932, view of the beginning of construction of the Hoover Dam.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "Looking down the river from Observation Point"

Image

Film transparency of men distributing water in Boulder City, Nevada, May 13, 1931

Date

1931-05-13

Description

A black and image image of four men, including a 75-year-old identified as Sam Jones, distributing water in an area known as Ragtown near the Hoover Dam construction site at Black Canyon, not far from Boulder City.

Image

Photograph of construction trucks in the bed of the Colorado River, 1930-1933

Date

1930 to 1933

Description

A construction site at the base of the Hoover Dam. A label at the bottom of the photo: "Circa 1930's. Construction trucks rumble through the soggy bed of the Colorado River, diverted around the dam site by concrete tunnels to clear the area for the base of the dam."

Image

Dillingham, John N., 1904-1983

John Dillingham was born February 20, 1904 in Grace, Idaho. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1937 with his wife, Mabel. His career revolved around working as an engineer and a brakeman at the railroad. He also had various labor jobs on the Hoover Dam. Dillingham passed away November 21, 1983.

Person

Ligouri, Steven, 1962-

Steven Ligouri was born February 22, 1962 and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. He’s an artist whose creations can be enjoyed at such places as the Hoover Dam, where his famous High Scaler sculptor sits comfortably. Ligouri began mastering his trade making jewelry with assistance of his father, Bruno Ligouri, who owned a turquoise shop in Boulder City, Nevada.

Person