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Photograph of equipment being lowered into Hoover Dam construction site, circa 1930-1935
Date
1930 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
An aerial image of a box of equipment being lowered into Black Canyon for Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction.
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Photograph of war plane being towed in parade, Las Vegas (Nev.), late 1940s
Date
1945 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
War plane being towed by a jeep in a parade. This is possibly the Helldorado Days festival parade.
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Photograph of the fuselage of Hughes Flying Boat being moved to Terminal Island, California, 1946
Date
1946
Archival Collection
Description
A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946. The body is paused at a railroad crossing and power lines are being lifted so the aircraft can pass underneath.
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Aerial photograph showing boxcar being lowered into Hoover Dam, circa 1934-1935
Date
1934 to 1936
Archival Collection
Description
An image of Boulder Dam with open jet flow gates (outlet works) and a boxcar being lowered into the canyon. The name was officially changed to Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Photographs of Blanche Zucker being interviewed in a childfren's library, mid-1980s
Date
1983 to 1986
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Photographs of Blanche Zucker being interviewed in a childfren's library, mid-1980s
Date
1983 to 1986
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Photographs of Blanche Zucker being interviewed in a childfren's library, mid-1980s
Date
1983 to 1986
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Mack truck with 14 cubic yard body being loaded at Nevada spillway cut. Five similar trucks being used on this operation: photographic print, 1932 March 18
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 03
Collection Name: Six Companies, Inc. Hoover Dam Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 03
Archival Component
Aerial photograph of the hull of the Flying Boat being towed to the Los Angeles Harbor, 1946
Date
1946
Archival Collection
Description
Hull of the Flying Boat being towed to the harbor, 1946. Over a six day period, the 220-foot hull and the 320-foot wing journeyed 28-miles over land to the harbor for assembly.
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