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Postcard of Hoover Dam during construction, circa late 1920s - early 1930s

Date
1925 to 1935
Description
Description on front of image: "At site of Boulder Dam, looking upstream."

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Postcard of Black Canyon, circa late 1920s - early 1930s

Date
1925 to 1935
Description
Description provided on front of image: "Black Canyon, Boulder Dam Site, Boulder Dam Service Bureau."

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Postcard of the Colorado River, circa late 1920s - early 1930s

Date
1925 to 1935
Description
Description written on image: "Colorado River, looking downstream from Boulder Dam, Boulder Dam Recreational Area. Boulder Dam Service Bureau."

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Postcard of the Colorado River, circa late 1920s - early 1930s

Date
1925 to 1935
Description
A view of the Colorado River, most likely near the Hoover Dam construction site.

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Photograph of a bulldozer, Hoover Dam, circa late 1920s to early 1930s

Date
1925 to 1935
Description
A view of a bulldozer digging a tunnel for the construction of the Hoover Dam.

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Photograph of a truck near Colorado River, circa late 1920s to early 1930s

Date
1925 to 1935
Description
An overhead view of a truck by the river, a foot bridge, and other Hoover Dam construction equipment. The Colorado River is pictured in the background.

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Photograph of a small boat on a river, circa mid 1920s to 1930s

Date
1925 to 1933
Description
The view of an unidentified group of men in a small boat on what is probably the Colorado River in Black Canyon. Photograph courtesy of Dickinson Library Special Collections Dept. University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Shockley, May Bradford, 1879-1977

May Bradford was born May 11, 1879 in Missouri. Her parents named her Cora May, but she almost always went by the name May. Growing up, she lived in mining camps in New Mexico, Colorado, and Oregon, where her father worked. She graduated from high school in Carthage, Missouri. She attended Stanford and studied art and mathematics, earning her degree in 1902. She then taught high school for one year in Seattle, Washington to earn the money to go to Paris and study art and was able to spend the next year in Paris.

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Close-up of Ruby Kepplinger Moore: photographic print

Date
1925
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.E. Moore Family. Notice the marcel hair style, which was set with hot irons.

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Portrait of Catherine McCann Anderson: photographic print

Date
1925
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.D. Zaval Family (Smoky Valley and Round Mountain)

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