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Photograph of businesses on the Nevada Highway, downtown Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
View of business on Nevada Highway, Boulder City, probably taken from intersection of Wyoming Street and Nevada Highway looking northeast. Signs for a Texaco station, Boulder City Drugs, the Manix Department Store and L.T. Meisner's Electric and Plumbing Shop are seen. The Bureau of Reclamation Administration Building is seen in the distance.
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Photograph of Boy Scouts in Armistice Day parade, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930-1940
Date
1930 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
Boy Scouts' color guard in Armistice Day parade near Government Park, Boulder City
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Photograph of Boy Scouts marching in Armistice Day parade, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1939
Date
1939
Archival Collection
Description
Boy Scouts' band and color guard marching in Armistice Day parade on Arizona Street outside of Boulder Theatre and Uptown Hardware Store.
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Photograph of Boy Scouts marching in parade, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1931-1940
Date
1931 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
Boy Scouts marching in parade on Arizona Street, Boulder City, Nevada.
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Photograph of construction on Hoover Dam diversion tunnels, circa 1930-1935
Date
1930 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
An image of workers placing dynamite for water diversion during construction of the Hoover (Boulder) Dam diversion tunnel.
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Film transparency of workers being trucked to Hoover Dam construction site, circa 1930-1935
Date
1930 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
A picture of a truck known as "Big Bertha," carrying 150 workers to the Hoover Dam work site.
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Photograph of two women standing in front of a propeller airplane, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s-1940s
Date
1930 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Two women standing by two propeller airplanes and automobile outside of Standard service station in Boulder City.
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Photograph of fuel truck and propeller airplanes in the desert, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Airplanes, gas truck, automobile, pick-up truck and terminal; cityscape seen in background.
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Photograph of the unveiling of the memorial plaque, Hoover Dam, September 30, 1935
Date
1935-09-30
Archival Collection
Description
An image of a man standing atop a wooden platform as he presents a speech for the unveiling of the memorial plaque at Boulder Dam. Positioned behind the man are seated spectators of the event, as well as the curtain-covered memorial plaque.
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Photograph of the unveiling of the memorial plaque, Hoover Dam, September 30, 1935
Date
1935-09-30
Archival Collection
Description
An image of the memorial plaque after it was unveiled at Boulder Dam. Spectators of the event gathered beneath the plaque commemorating the 96 men who had died during the construction of the dam. Transcribed across the center of the plaque: "They died to make the desert bloom." Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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