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Slide of the Boulder Junction celebration, September 17, 1930

Information

Date
1930-09-17
Description
Black and white image of a crowd of people gathered together for the Boulder Junction, a ceremony celebrating the beginning of work on Boulder Canyon Project and the beginning of construction on a Union Pacific Railroad from Boulder Junction (Bracken Junction) to the dam site. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
Digital ID
pho004899
Physical Identifier
0010_0068
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1hd7ns3x
Details
Subject
Flood dams and reservoirs--Design and construction
Crowds
Anniversaries
People
Flags
Place
Boulder City
Resource Type
Still Image
Material Type
photographs
slides (photographs)
Source
Boulder Junction celebration, 1930 September 17
Citation

pho004899. Lake-Eglington Family Photograph Collection. PH-00010. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1hd7ns3x.

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Standardized Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Extent
2789 x 1873 pixels
1.3281 x 0.8919 inches
15701356 bytes
Language

English

Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
Format
image/tiff