View of Hoover Dam, ca.1940

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Photograph of Hoover Dam, ca.1940. Oddly-shaped stone pieces protrude from the lightly-colored top of a tunnel in the foreground which intersects a castle-like, brick bridge which winds around the dark rock wall on the left. An automobile drives along the road which extends over the bridge and continues over the top of the large, lightly-colored dam at center. Cars park along the sides of the top of the dam and see electrical towers which climb from the left to the tall, jagged hills of rock in the background. To the right they see four cylindrical towers connected by walkways which stand in the smooth, shimmering water that continues out of view to the right.

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Title View of Hoover Dam, ca.1940

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 1940

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 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 1940

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-m10373

Identifier 40431 (accession number), CHS-40431 (call number), CHS-40431 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12510 (legacy record id), chs-m10373 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-10520 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12510

Unique identifier UC133936

Legacy Identifier CHS-40431.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.8 in × 16.6 in at 300dpi
52.8 cm × 42.3 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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