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Title
Black Canyon, site of Hoover Dam
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1930
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Entrance to Black Canyon on the Colorado River, chosen as the site for the future Hoover Dam. Originally named Boulder Dam, it was renamed Hoover Dam in 1946. Photo dated: Sept. 19, 1930.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00059996
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 114.
CARL0000064237
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/23391
Subject
Dams--Arizona
Dams--Nevada
Canyons--Arizona
Canyons--Nevada
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)
Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.)
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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