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Title
View of the construction of Boulder Dam, May 14, 1933
Date Created and/or Issued
1938
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a view of the construction of Boulder Dam, May 14, 1933. The Colorado River can be seen running form the foreground at right towards the background at left. A wooden bridge crosses the river in the foreground, while the base of the dam can be seen in the background. Two overflow tunnels can be seen, one on each side of the river in the base of the surrounding moutains. The mountains are steep and rocky. A utility pole can be seen at left.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photoprint, transparency, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
photographic prints
transparencies
photographs
Identifier
chs-m20581 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-35304
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20581
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-35304.jpg
Subject
Dams
General Subjects--Engineering--Dams--Uncataloged
Dam sites
Time Period
1938
Place
Arizona
Nevada
USA
Source
35304 [Accession number]
CHS-35304 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
chs-m825

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