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Postcard showing the visitors' gallery inside Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s-1940s
Date
1936 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Caption on postcard reads: "The visitor's gallery inside Boulder Dam." Boulder Dam was officially re-named Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Postcard showing visitors' elevator at Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s-1940s
Date
1936 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
A view of visitors boarding an elevator on "[the] Highway on crest of Boulder Dam, with elevator tower where visitors are conducted by guides to powerhouse." Boulder Dam was officially re-named Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Postcard showing the upstream face of Hoover Dam, circa 1935
Date
1935
Archival Collection
Description
A view of the upstream face of the newly completed Hoover Dam, intake towers, and rising waters of Lake Mead. Boulder Dam was officially re-named Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Postcard showing Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s
Date
1936 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Caption on postcard reads: "Boulder Dam from above the Arizona spillway." Boulder Dam was officially re-named Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Postcard showing the downstream face of Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s
Date
1935 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Caption at right of image reads: "The downstream face of Hoover Dam from the Nevada lookout point." Boulder Dam was officially re-named Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Postcard showing Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s-1940s
Date
1936 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
A postcard with the description "Reflections of Boulder Dam in Lake Mead" printed on it. The name was officially changed to Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Postcard of the Colorado River and Lake Mead, circa mid 1930s
Date
1934 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
A comparison of the Upper Colorado River in 1934 and Lake Mead after the dam's opening, likely in the late 1930s.
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Postcard of Hoover Dam, February 1935
Date
1935-02
Archival Collection
Description
A comparison of an image of Hoover Dam's upstream face in February 1935 to an image taken later that year, after the waters of Lake Mead had risen. The captions read "February 1935- Boulder Dam today." Boulder Dam was officially re-named Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Postcard showing Lake Mead from Boulder City, Nevada, circa late 1930s-1940s
Date
1936 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Lake Mead, as seen from Boulder City.
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Postcard showing downstream water flow at Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s
Date
1935 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
A postcard with the description "Looking downstream from Boulder Dam" printed on it. The name was officially changed to Hoover Dam in 1947.
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