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Construction of the Boulder Dam, ca.1934
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Construction of the Boulder Dam, ca.1934
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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.
Asset Metadata
Title
Construction of the Boulder Dam, ca.1934
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
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)
Date Created
1934
Creator
Spence Air Photos
(photographer)
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.
Access Conditions
Send requests to address or e-mail given
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
Inherited Values
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
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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