Construction of Boulder Dam, showing work behind the dam, ca.1930

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Photograph of construction of Boulder Dam, showing work behind the dam, ca.1930. Wooden frames stand behind the wall of the dam on the left with piles of thin, wooden beams lying on the cement supports which stand beneath them. Thick wires extend from the top of the dam on the far left down to the busy construction site on the right. People resemble ants walking through the maze of buildings and parked automobiles as well as piles of supplies and a crane at center. Dirt is settled in a large pile in the foreground on the left while a tall, lightly-colored portion of the dam stands to the left of a rock wall in the background.

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Title Construction of Boulder Dam, showing work behind the dam, ca.1930

Subject dam sites (adlf), Dams (lcsh), Engineering -- Dams -- Hoover (formerly Boulder) -- Construction (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Nevada (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1930

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1930

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13206

Identifier 40432 (accession number), CHS-40432 (call number), CHS-40432 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12717 (legacy record id), chs-m13206 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-13359 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12717

Unique identifier UC135538

Legacy Identifier CHS-40432.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.6 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
52.5 cm × 33.4 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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