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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of the downstream face of the Boulder (now Hoover) Dam as viewed from below, near the Colorado River. The hydraulic generator plant runs horizontally along the foreground of the photograph. Behind it, the downstream face of the dam stands. A metallic structure occupies the upper right corner of the photograph. Text from negative sleeve: 226. Boulder Dam trip March 21, 22 and 23 1939. 674 miles. See Nos.224 & 225. Rest rooms on the desert near Hodge. Standard Oil Station at Baker. Zetta making for the rest room. Mertie and Wes at the left. The sign at Baker showing road to Death Valley. 2 negatives of the toilet at Lake Mead[.] The Dam. Intake towers. Boat landing at Lake Mead. 8 negatives.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_000226_001 ark:/21198/zz002hpvv8
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Dams--Arizona--Mohave County Dams--Nevada--Clark County Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)
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