Construction of the Boulder Dam, ca.1934

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Title Construction of the Boulder Dam, ca.1934

Description Photograph of construction of the Boulder Dam, ca.1934. Dim water collects in the foreground on the right with thin, dirt roads lying along the edges and continuing into the construction site beneath the dam at center. Several long buildings and automobiles line the small roadways which wind around two shallow craters in the land in front of the dam. Several lines and metal walkways extend over craters from the rock wall on the left to the wall on the right. Compared to the crowded work site, the castle-like dam appears to be under very little construction.

Creator Spence Air Photos (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1934

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

Tags oai:digitallibrary.usc.edu:chs,OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Nevada (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1934

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 19 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

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-m10343

Identifier 40433 (accession number), CHS-40433 (call number), CHS-40433 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12482 (legacy record id), chs-m10343 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-10487 (legacy record id), USC (project), A-508-3-17-34 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12482

Unique identifier UC133080

Legacy Identifier CHS-40433.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.3 in × 20.9 in at 300dpi
39.0 cm × 53.1 cm at 300dpi

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Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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