Image / Aerial view of downtown during Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Aerial view of downtown during Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: October 9, 1936
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
An aerial view of Los Angeles during the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, held to honor the first instances of power-production from the dam. Downtown Los Angeles was flooded with 7.2 million candle-power lights, and engineers claimed that the display was visible from 100 miles away.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: City hall during Power celebration
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Power parade
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1387_13744-02
ark:/21198/zz00288b0t
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Parades & processions--California--Los Angeles
Landmarks
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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