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Film strip of Boulder City or Hoover Dam construction, image 001: photographic print

Information

Date
1930 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)
Description
This photograph has three images. The first one, (0272_0002) reads, "Transports coming from dam-day shift. Climbing out the sides to be one of first in the commissary for a bottle of beer. It's been hot down there and they are thirsty," as a handwritten inscription. The second one, (0272_0003) reads, "One of several dorms that happened to be mine. (The arrow points to room) No grass to mow. One of its good points. Radios would not receive programs until early night, reason- no ground-no moisture in soil," in a handwritten inscription. The Six Companies Inc. dormitory housing 172 men, Boulder City, NV. The third picture, (0272_0004) which is upside down, reads "One pour wide getting in each other's way; hi-line moving catwalk soon will be finished," as a handwritten inscription on the image about the Hoover Dam under construction.
Digital ID
pho030885
Physical Identifier
0272_0002; 0272_0003; 0272_0004
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1sx64n17
Details
Subject
Dams
Dams--Design and construction
United States--Hoover Dam
Construction workers
Time Period
1930s (1930 - 1939)
Place
Boulder City
Hoover Dam
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
Citation

pho030885. Barbara and John Kizziar Photograph Collection, approximately 1986-1992. PH-00272. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1sx64n17

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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
Geographic Coordinate
36.01609, -114.73804; 35.97859, -114.83249
Language

English

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