Close-up view of Boulder Canyon on Colorado River, ca.1920

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Photograph of a "Close-up of Boulder Canyon on Colorado River where federal government proposes to transform the terrifying flood menace of the southwest into a rich national resource of electric power and water", ca.1920. The water barely ripples as it shines with sunlight and reflects the jagged rock wall on the right. The giant wall casts shadows over the smaller peeks on the left. More mountains can be seen faintly in the background.; Photoprint reads: "Plans advanced and approved by Secretary of the Interior Work and Secretary of Commerce Hoover provide for a self-financing method of taming the flood mad Colorado River. They recommend, and legislation now pending in Congress will provide, construction of the world's largest dam at Boulder Canyon on the Colorado. Towering 600 feet above stream level between the granite walls of the Canyon, Boulder Dam will hold back the River's annual flood waters and will create a site for the generation of 1,000,000 horsepower of hydro-electricity, U.S., Reclamation engineers point out. Congressional legislation drawn up on the recommendations of Secretaries Hoover and Work provides that no money is to be expended by the Government on the dam until its entire cost, plus interest charges, has been guaranteed through the sale of electric power and domestic water leases."

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Title Close-up view of Boulder Canyon on Colorado River, ca.1920

Subject canyons (adlf), Dams (lcsh), Engineering -- Dams -- Hoover -- Boulder Canyon (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Nevada (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1920

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 19 x 24 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 1920

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-m10331

Identifier 40424 (accession number), CHS-40424 (call number), CHS-40424 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-26223 (legacy record id), chs-m10331 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-10475 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 26223

Unique identifier UC125823

Legacy Identifier CHS-40424.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.7 in × 15.3 in at 300dpi
50.1 cm × 39.0 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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