Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00071 Collection Name: Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada Box/Folder: Folder 02 (Restrictions apply)
Postcard postmaked July 8, 1906 showing men driving a horse-drawn stage coach in the desert, probably in Nevada. Caption: "Stage crossing the desert to Goldfield [Nevada]." Handwritten on photograph: "Dear R: This was before the 20th Century Flyer Co[illegible]" (referring to a steam locomotive).
Rose and Palmers Freight teams traveling across a desert area in Beatty, Nevada. Written on the front of the image: "116 - Rose & Palmers Teams Beatty, Nev. R & P Photo Co. Las Vegas, Nev." Group Creators credit goes to R & P Photo Company.
Black and white image of the construction phase of the Boulder Canyon Project, also known as Hoover Dam. This image features a horse team outfit at the Boulder City branch of the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad.