Notes
MS 40
Therese Courture Thomas Collection
[scrapbooks]
inventory
[7 boxes]
Box 1 of 7
xerox copies of scrapbooks nos. 1-7 for public use
Box 2 of 7
[scrapbook no. 1/page/item]
[loose item] clipping: "From Where I Sit" [Las Vegas Evening
Review-Journal, October 24, 1940, re: Roosevelt-Willki
presidential campaign]
1.1.a. clipping: "Governor Declares Monday Holiday" [September 27,
1935, re: Hoover Dam dedication]
1.1.b. clipping: "Boulder Lake, Now 82 Miles Long, Will Take Between
3 and 5 Years to Fill"
1.2.a. clipping: map of the Colorado River basin [1935]
1.2.b. clipping: photos of the Boulder City town site in 1931 and 1935
1.3.a. broadside: "Information for the Guidance of Visitors" [during
Hoover Dam dedication ceremonies on September 30, 1935]
1.3.b. tourist sticker: "Boulder Dam"
1.3.c. clipping: "Aerial Survey of Reservoir Finished"
1.4.a. pamphlet [clipped]: "President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Visits
Boulder Dam" [1935]
1.5.a. clipping: "Text of Chief Executive ... Speech at Dam" [1935]
1.6-7.a. clipping: "All Nevada Welcomes President Roosevelt at
Dedication of Dam" [Las Vegas Evening Review-Journal,
September 30, 1935]
1.8.a. clipping: "Interesting News from Boulder Dam Challenge" [June
19, 1936]
1.8.b. clipping: "Lake Meade [sic] Covers Hell Divers Rapids" [June
19, 1936?]
1.9.a. clipping: "Nevada Unit of Powerhouse Will Be Tested in the Near
Future [September 18, 1936]
1.9.b. clipping: "Diversion Tunnels Described in Dam Story Today"
[September 26, 1936]
1.9.c. clipping: "Body Officials Assure Vegans They Will Vote for Lake
Site" [September 22, 1936]
1.9.d. clipping: "Boulder Dam Power for Southern Utah is Planned at
Caliente Meet"[September 30, 1936]
1.10.a. clipping: "Illumination of One Dam Face to Be Finished Soon"
[September 29, 1936]
1.10.b. clipping: "Outboard Regatta is Planned for Boulder Lake Late in
November" [September 29, 1936]
1.10.c. clipping: "Mead Plaque is Unveiled Today at Boulder Dam in
Simple Ceremonies" [September 29, 1936]
1.10.d. clipping: "Dam Generator is Given Test" [September 29, 1936]
1.10.e. clipping: "Pioche Line to Serve Big Area" [October 1, 1936]
1.11.a. clipping: "Outboard Race Drivers Thrill Crowd Sunday"
[November 9, 1936]
1.11.b. clipping: "Dam Power to Be Available in Vegas Shortly After
the First of the Year" [November 9, 1936]
1.11.c. clipping: "Arizona Wing of Powerhouse to Operate Soon"
[December 7, 1936]
1.11.d. clipping: "Lake Now is 97 Miles in Length" [December 7, 1936]
1.11.e. clipping: "2,668 Visitors See Inside Dam"
1.11.f. clipping: "19,812 See Dam in Last Month" [December 7, 1936]
1.12.a. clipping: "Layden Lancers Stop in Vegas 3 Hours on Way from
Grid Tilt" [December 8, 1936]
1.12.b. clipping: "50 Year Plan is Outlined By Interior Bureau for Park
Lands" [December 8, 1936]
1.13.a. clipping: "More Equipment for Powerhouses" [January 11,
1937]
1.13.b. clipping: "Industrial Development Hope at Dam Hinges on
Generator Problem" [January 26, 1937]
1.13.c. clipping: "Boulder Lake is Now One-Third of Its Capacity"
[February 2, 1937]
1.13.d. clipping: "More Equipment at Dam Okehed" [February 2,
1937?]
1.13.e. clipping: "[Jay] Carpenter Arrives for Dam Power Survey"
[February 1, 1937]
1.14.a. clipping [photograph]: "Fighting Irish of Notre Dam Visit
Boulder Dam: Layden's Lancers Capture World's Greatest
Engineering Project"
1.15.a. clipping: "Pittman Sees U. S. Generating Dam Power" [February
23, 1937]
1.15.b. postcard [linen, color]: "A Close-Up Showing Construction
Detail, Boulder Dam, Colorado River" [c. 1934]
1.16. [blank]
1.17.a. clipping: "1, 548 See Dam Over Week-End" [March 1, 1937]
1.17.b. clipping: "50 Percent Power Rate Slash Made for Vegas"
[March 8, 1937]
1.17.c. clipping: "State Engineer Sees New Vegas Prosperity" [March 9,
1937]
1.17.d. clipping: "Triple Fete is Scheduled for City, March 20" [March
9, 1937?]
1.18.a. clipping: "Plaque at Dam is Made Issue in U. S. Senate" [March
10, 1937]
1.18.b. clipping: "Industrial Study to Be Made for Boulder Dam"
[March 13, 1937]
1.19.a. clipping: "Dam Power Comes to Las Vegas This Evening"
[March 17, 1937]
1.19.b. clipping: "Gala Fete is Planned for Tomorrow Night" [March
19, 1937]
1.20.a. clipping: "Many Power Celebrations are Held in Nevada During
State's History" [March 20, 1937]
1.20.b. clipping: "All is Ready for Great Fete" [March 20, 1937]
1.20.c. clipping: "5,333 Travelers Visit Dam Work Over Week-End to
Set Record" [March 22, 1937]
1.20.d. clipping: "U. S. Hatchery for Boulder Lake is Thot Sure Now"
1.20.e. clipping: "Boulder Lake Moved to Las Vegas for a Municipal
Swimming Pool"
1.21.a. clipping: "Nevada Senator Seeks Changes in Dam Act to Assist
State" [November 16, 1937]
1.21.b. clipping: "Triple Fete in Las Vegas is a Huge Success" [March
22, 1937]
1.22.a. clipping: "25,000 Visit Here During Last Week" [March 23,
1937?]
1.22.b. clipping: "Slight Temblor is Felt in Boulder" [March 23, 1937]
1.22.c. clipping: "Boulder Lake is Rising Again" [March 23, 1937]
1.23.a. clipping: "Dam Area is Destined for Great Future" [March 31,
1937]
1.23.b. clipping: "Tourist Checking Stations Start Thursday Morn"
[March 31, 1937]
1.23.c. clipping: "Boulder Lake is One Third Full" [April 2, 1937]
1.24.a. clipping: "Tourist Travel Heavy Over Week-End" [April 5,
1937]
1.24.b. clipping: "Big Regatta at Lake on Labor Day" [April 7, 1937]
1.25.a. clipping: "Boulder Dam Power Will Arrive in Las Vegas at 8 on
Wednesday" [March 15, 1937]
1.25.b. clipping: "Ed Clark Leaves to Fight for Change in Boulder
Power Setup"
1.25.c. clipping: "Vegas, Dam Tourist Marks Shattered Last Week"
[April 12, 1937]
1.25.d. clipping: "European Tourists View Boulder Dam" [April 13,
1937]
1.25.e. clipping: "Boulder Lake is Still Rising" [April 13, 1937]
1.26.a. clipping: "Boulder Power Rate Meet Will Open on Friday"
[April 14, 1937]
1.26.b. clipping: "Base Rate Cut Sought for Dam Power" [April 16,
1937]
1.27.a. clipping: "Nevada, City of L. A. Confer On Dam Power" [April
16, 1937]
1.27.b. clipping: "John Page Urges U. S. Operation of Powerhouses"
1.28.a. clipping: "Tourist Records Hold Up During Past Week" [April
19, 1937]
1.28.b. clipping; "Boulder Dam Power Agreement Near" [April 21,
1937]
1.28.c. clipping: "Boulder Lake is More Than Third Full at Present"
1.29.a. clipping: "1937 to Break All Tourist Records" [April 27, 1937]
1.29.b. clipping: "Nevada Victory in Power Fight Seen" [April 24,
1937]
1.30.a. clipping: "Conference Called by Ickes on Dam Power Sifts
Modification of Act" [May 1, 1937?]
1.30.b. clipping: "Dam Power Price Protection for Nevada Worked Out
at Conference" [May 1, 1937]
1.31.a. clipping: "Boulder Dam Power Setup Change is Indicated" [May
6, 1937]
1.31.b. clipping: "Dam Power on Full Force by June First" [May 11,
1937]
1.31.c. clipping: "Boulder Dam to Be Lighted for First Time this
Evening" and "Lake Floods Rout Animals" [May 26, 1937]
1.31.d. clipping: "Boulder Lake 104 Miles Long" [May 21, 1937]
1.32.a. clipping: "Power of Colorado River Now Tamed to Uses of
Humanity" [May 13, 1937]
1.33.a. clipping: "Record Breaking Tourist Travel to Boulder Dam
Looming"
1.34.a. clipping: "Boulder Dam is Bathed in Light Wednesday Eve"
[May 27, 1937]
1.35.a. clipping: "Basin States Hurl Charges in Power Fight" [May 29,
1937]
1.35.b. clipping: "Want $250,000 Apiece Before Settling to Dam Power
Rate Cut" [June 5, 1937]
1.35.c. clipping: "Dam Power for Valleys is Step Closer Today" [June
3, 1937]
1.36.a. clipping: "All Dam Tourist Records Broken" [June 1, 1937]
1.37.a. clipping: "Nearly Half of Boulder Dam's Visitors Come from
California" [June 14, 1937]
1.37.b. clipping: "Boulder Dam's Niagra May Be Loosed for an Hour
Tomorrow" [June 15, 1937]
1.37.c. clipping: "Boulder Dam Project on 40-hour a Week Basis" [July
2, 1937]
1.37.d. clipping: "Lake at Dam Loses Pacific Outboard Race" [June 22,
1937]
1.37.e. clipping: "TWA Pilots' Report on Dam Lake Verified by
Government" [July 2, 1937?]
1.38.a. clipping: "Dam is Featured in a Club Paper" [July 3, 1937]
1.38.b. clipping: "Boulder Area Tourist Travel Large in June" [July 6,
1937]
1.38.c. clipping: "Boulder Lake Water Level is Decreasing" [July 29,
1937]
1.38.d. clipping: "Schedule for Repayment of Dam is Beaten" [July 8,
1937]
1.38.e. clipping: "U. S. Returns from Dam in '37 Fiscal Year Total
$1,109,437"
1.39.a. clipping: "Dam Visitors in September are 2,000 Each Day"
[October 6, 1937]
1.39.b. clipping: "Full Might of Boulder Dam Freed" [October 8, 1937
(valve houses opened)]
1.39.c. clipping: "Boulder Dam to Have Escalator, New Publicity Agent
Declares" [November 12, 1937]
1.39.d. brochure: "The Boulder Line" [P. K. & B. C. Stages
(Phoenix-Kingman & Boulder City); time table and tariff,
effective September 30, 1936]
1.40.a. brochure: "Boulder Dam" [1936]
1.40.b. postcard [black and white, real-photo]: open valve houses [c.
1936-37]
1.41.a. clipping: "Dam Lake Favored for National Regatta" [January 14,
1938]
1.41.b. clipping: "Boulder Dam Wage Situation to Be Aired on
November 22"
1.42.a. brochure [clipped]: "Boulder Dam Recreational Area: See It All"
[c. 1937-38 (Grand Canyon-Boulder Dam Tours, Inc.)]
1.43.a. clipping [color photo]: "Boulder Dam Made Lake Mead, Water
Tank for Thirsty Californians. One Hundred and Fifteen Miles
Long, This Reservoir Insures a Steady Flow in the Lower
Colorado River"
1.44.a. clipping [color photos]: "California, Here It Comes" [Colorado
River Aqueduct]
1.45.a. clipping [color photos]: Parker Dam under construction;
Colorado River Aqueduct; Hoover Dam and Lake Mead
1.46.a clipping [color photos and narrative]: Colorado River Aqueduct
1.47.a. clipping [map and narrative]: Colorado River Aqueduct
1.48.a. clipping: "Boulder Lake Still is Unknown Body, Preliminary
Probes Show" [March 25, 1938?]
1.48.b. clipping: "Home Ownership in Boulder City Displaying Great
Increase: City By Dam Fast Becoming Community of Fine
Residences" [March 25, 1938]
1.48.c. clipping: "Fisherman's Paradise Will Be Made of Boulder Lake
Section" [March 25, 1938?]
1.49.a. clipping: "Regulations of Boulder Lake Fishing Urged" [April 7,
1938]
1.49.b. clipping: "[Charles] Cady Advises Boulderites to Publicize
Boulder City: Allow Others to Tell Glory of Dam Sector,
Capitalist Says" [April 8, 1938]
1.50. a. clipping: "Boulder Lake Fast Becoming Swim Center" [April
21, 1938?]
1.50.b. clipping: "St. Thomas to Be Covered by Lake During Summer"
[April 21, 1938]
1.50.c. clipping: "New Boulder Lake Road to Start Soon" [April 21,
1938?]
1.50.d. clipping: "Boulder City May Become Great Colony for Artists,
is Predicted" [April 21, 1938?]
1.50.e. clipping: "More Foliage for Boulder City Seen" [April 21,
1938?]
1.51.a. clipping: "Annual April Flood of Colorado River Reaches Lake
at Boulder" [April 26, 1938]
1.51.b. clipping: "Boulder Lake Said Best Bass Fishing in World:
Hatchery Head Tells of Plans for Stocking of Waters of Dam"
[April 26, 1938]
1.51.c. clipping: "Two More Generating Units are Being Installed in
Powerhouse" [April 26, 1938]
1.52.a. clipping: "Lake Mead Destined for Fame"
1.52.b. clipping: "Boating and Fishing Foremost Attractions"
1.53.a. clipping: "Boulder Power Rate Meet Will Open on Friday"
1.53.b. clipping: "Boulder Lake Moved to Ls Vegas for a Municipal
Swimming Pool"
1.53.c. clipping: "5,333 Travelers Visit Dam Work Over Week-End to
Set Record"
1.54.a. clipping: "Head of Bureau Suggests Plan at Opening of Hearings
Today"
1.54.b. clipping: "Water District of L. A. Seeking Slash in Cost of Dam
Energy"
1.55.a. clipping: "Coves, Inlets on Lake are Extended by Rising Waters:
Body of Water Now Reaches 110 Miles Up From Boulder
Dam" [May 20, 1938]
1.55.b. clipping: "Famous 'Town' Near Boulder City Will Be Eliminated
Soon" [May 20, 1938 (St. Thomas)]
1.55.c. clipping: "World's Fair Courier is Feted at Boulder Dam on
Thursday"
1.56.a. clipping: "Flow of Colorado Shows an Increase"
1.56.b. clipping: "St. Thomas Buried by Waters of Dam Lake" [June
13, 1938]
1.56.c. clipping: "Boulder Lake Water Surface 57 Feet from Spillway
Gate Top" [June 11, 1938]
1.57.a. clipping: "Boulder Lake Height [betting] Pool Made by
Employees at Boulder City" [July 29, 1938]
1.57.b. clipping: "New 'Sheep Island' Found in Boulder Lake: Huge
Mountain Goat Located Marooned by 2 Overton Youths" [June
17, 1938]
1.58.a. clipping: "St. Thomas Ends Second Cycle as Lake Floods
Town" [June 18, 1938]
1.59.a. clipping: "Desolation Through Inundation at St. Thomas,
Southern Nevada's Pioneer Water-Buried Village" [photos and
narrative]
1.60.a. clipping: "20,000 Monthly Enjoy Boulder Lake Bathing
Facilities" [August 12, 1938]
1.60.b. clipping: "Bass of Boulder Lake Discussed in Recent Edition of
Magazine"
1.60.c. clipping: "Boulder Lake is At Maximum Length; Only Two
Thirds Full"
1.61.a. clipping: "Quarter Million Tourists Visit Dam" [June 30, 1938]
1.61.b. clipping: "Arizona Proposes New Dam on Colorado" [August
16, 1938 (Bridge Canyon)]
1.61.c. clipping: "Tourist Trade Slacks Elsewhere; Boulder Dam Traffic
Increases"
1.62.a. clipping: "Plans for Hemenway Wash Road are Revealed
Today" [September 2, 1938]
1.62.b. clipping: "Sixth Generator is Put on the Line in Boulder
Powerhouse" [September 2, 1938]
1.63.a. clipping: "400,000 Tourists Visit Dam Up to September"
[September 3, 1938]
1.63.b. clipping [photo]: "Sails Over Boulder Dam"
1.64.a. clipping [photo]: "Fun on an 'Ironing Board' on Boulder Lake"
[water skiing]
1.65.a. clipping [photo]: "Past Meets Present as Boulder Lake Creeps
Near [Lost City] Museum" [October 14, 1938]
1.65.b. clipping: "Second Anniversary of Delivery of Power to L. A. is
Last Sunday" [Friday, October 14, 1938?]
1.65.c. clipping: "Power Production at Dam Increases"
1.66-68.a. clipping: "Big Broadcast Presented at Dam Today" [October
22, 1938]
1.68.b. clipping: "Two Cities are Accorded Wide Publicity Thru CBS
Broadcast" [October 22, 1938]
1.69-70.a. clipping: "Dam Recreation Area is Leading Center for
Tourists" and "[Sims] Ely Writes of Boulder Dam and
Boulder City After Construction" [October 28, 1938]
1.71.a. clipping [photo]: "Hanging Towers of Boulder Dam"
[transmission towers]
1.71.b. clipping [photo]: "Picturesque Beauty of Boulder Dam"
1.72.a. clipping: "Boulder Lake Feeds Reservoir Behind Parker Dam"
[November 4, 1938]
1.72.b. clipping [photo]: "These Animals Once Roamed Dam Area"
[ground sloths]
1.73.a. clipping: "Preliminary Work on Boulder Dam Sector to Start:
Improvement of Beach Expected to Get Started in Two Weeks"
[November 11, 1938]
1.73.b. clipping: "Rules for Boulder Lake Fishing Agreed On by
Nevada, Arizona" [December 23, 1938]
1.74.a. clipping: "Power Development at Boulder Dam is Outlined by
Engineer" [November 4, 1938?]
1.74.b. clipping: "Dam Lake Fish Laws Still in Tangled Mess" [June 1,
1939?]
1.75.a. clipping: "Third Power Line Construction Going Ahead
Rapidly" and "Boulder Dam to Save Arizona in Power
Shortage" [February 10, 1939]
1.76.a. clipping: "Third Boulder Dam Transmission Line Financing
Done" [January 20, 1939]
1.77.a. clipping: "Boulder Lake Shrinks as Water Released" [January 19,
1939]
1.78.a. clipping [photo]: "The Seal of the State of Nevada at Boulder
Dam"
1.78.b. clipping [photo]: "Boulder Dam and Powerhouses from
Downstream Face"
1.79.a. clipping: "To Make the Desert Bloom" [February 4, 1939]
1.80.a. clipping: "Filling of Lake Mead" [with schematic of Hoover
Dam and rising lake levels 1935-38]
1.81.a. clipping [photo]: "The Majesty of the Scenery on Lake Mead"
1.82.a. clipping [photo]: "Night Lighting and Sunset Create Lantern
Effect Atop Arizona Intake Towers, Boulder Dam"
1.83.a. clipping [photo]: "Present Generation Reviewing Sculpture
Surrounding 125-Foot Flagstaff at Boulder Dam"
1.84.a. clipping [photos]: "Harold L. Ickes ... ; Mrs. Ickes; John C. Page
... ; and Irving C. Harris ... see Boulder Dam ... "
1.84.b. brochure [clipped]: "Boulder Dam and Lake Mead" [Grand
Canyon-Boulder Dam Tours, Inc.]
1.85.a. clipping [photos and narration]: "Origin of Names of Projects
and Project Features in Reclamation Territory" [Reclamation
Era, September 1940]
1.86.a. clipping [photo and narration]: " ... From the Valley of the
Colorado" [November 17, 1940]
1.86.b. clipping [photo]: "The Mushroom"
1.87.a. clipping: "Contracts Given for New Power House Equipment"
1.87.b. brochure: "Boulder Dam National Recreational Area" [c.
1938-40]
1.88.a. magazine: Nevada Highways and Parks [January/February 1940
(southern Nevada winter attractions including Las Vegas,
Boulder City, and Hoover Dam)]
1.89.a. clipping: "Dam's Niagra Spouts Again Today" [September 28,
1940 (valve house test)]
1.90.a. clipping [photos]: "Magnificent Boulder Dam Playground for
Twin CCC Camps"
1.90.b. brochure: "Sightseeing ... Boulder Dam/Grand Canyon (by
Boat)/Death Valley/Las Vegas" [Riddle Scenic Tours' routes and
fares (1940)]
1.91.a. map: "Free Street Guide of Boulder City, Nevada" [c. 1940
(Boulder Dam Service Bureau)]
1.92.a. newspaper: The Informant [v. 1:1 (November 1, 1940);
campaign publication from the Citizens Power Committee of
Los Angeles urging voters to approve charter amendments 1A
and 2A, re: Hoover Dam power rates]
Box 3 of 7
[scrapbook no. 2/page/item]
2.1.a. clipping [photos]: Hoover Dam construction
2.2-4.a. clipping: " 'We Bid $48,980,995.50!' " [Charles Owens
illustration and photos; Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine,
April 16, 1933]
2.5.a. clipping: "One Year Ahead of Schedule at Hoover Dam" [Union
Oil Bulletin, October 1932]
2.6.a. clipping: "Nuggets of Boulder Color" [Elton Garrett column
titled, "Our Little Pal," about the death of Boulder City baby
Teddy Davis, n. d.]
2.6.b. clipping: Union Oil Bulletin, October 1932, cont.
2.7.a. clipping: Union Oil Bulletin, October 1932, cont.
2.8-9.a. clipping: "Gigantic Scale of River Project Amazes ... Hoover
Dam Surpasses World's Building Feats" [Los Angeles Times,
n. d.]
2.8.b. schematic: "Here's Diagram of Dam, Workings"
2.10.a. clipping: "New Burst of Construction of Business Buildings
Strikes in Two-Year Old Boulder City"
2.10.b. clipping: "Nuggets of Boulder Color" [Elton Garrett column
titled, "Bounty on Truck Drivers"]
2.11.a. clipping: " 'Back to Nature' Movement Starts in B. C.—And It
Ain't Nudism, Mugg"
2.11.b. clipping: Hoover Dam blasting [Charles Owens illustration; Los
Angeles Times, April 16, 1933]
2.12.a. clipping [advertisement]: Boulder City Co. store
2.13.a. clipping: "Hoover dam—Why, Wherefore: A Most Sober
Account of the Start of a Great Project" [humorous account by
"Biz" of the Boulder Canyon Project background]
2.14.a. clipping: "Nuggets of Boulder Color" [Elton Garrett column
titled, "Buzzard Apologizes" (1933)]
2.14.b. clipping: "Nuggets of Boulder Color" [Elton Garrett column
titled, "Miner's Steady Nerve"]
2.15.a. clipping: "Nuggets of Boulder Color" [Elton Garrett column
titled, "His Nickname's 'The Dog Catcher' "]
2.15.b. clipping: "Nuggets of Boulder Color" [Elton Garrett column
titled, "Graveyard Duties Before Dawn"]
2.16.c. clipping: "Nuggets of Boulder Color" [Elton Garrett column
titled, "Landscaping Boulder City" (Wilbur Weed)]
2.17.a. clipping: Hoover Dam workers [Charles Owens illustration; Los
Angeles Times, April 16, 1933?]
2.17.b. clipping [photo]: "A Real Tough Job—Plus" (Kelly-Springfield
Tires)]
2.18-19.a. clipping: "Hoover Dam Today" [Charles Owens illustration;
Los Angeles Times, October 8, 1933]
2.20.a. clipping: "Lost City Tale Told By Dr. Harrington" [Boulder
City Evening Journal, December 21, 1934]
2.21.a. clipping [photo]: "Tier on Tier Rises Boulder Dam, Closing
Gorge" [Boulder City Evening Journal, 1933]
2.22.a. clipping [photo]: "Boulder City From the Air" [c. 1934]
2.23.a. clipping [photo]: "Boulder Dam Lake From 8000 Feet in Air"
and "Weird Rescue Crews" (re: Colorado River Aqueduct) [Los
Angeles Examiner, February 21, 1935]
2.24-25.a. clipping: "The Amazing Story of Boulder Dam" [Modern
Mechanix and Inventions, September 1935]
2.26.a. clipping: "Boulder Dam Water Soon: Irrigation Supply in Two
Weeks, Ickes Promises"
2.27.a. clipping: "Boulder Landmarks Disappear Today: Rising Waters
of Lake Force 2 to Evaporate" (Hermit Sam Jones' cabin moved
from Williamsville to McKeeversville; the last building of
Hesse's Camp burned; Ft. Callville next to disappear beneath
Lake Mead)]
2.27.b. clipping: "Fish for Dam lake Urged by Thompson"
2.28.a. clipping [photo]: "Largest [electrical] Switches in World are
Built Here for Boulder Dam"
2.28.b. postcard [black and white, real photo]: Black Canyon?
2.29.a. postcard [color, linen]: "The Twenty Mule Team Crossing
Death Valley in the Eighties"
2.29.b. postcard [color, linen]: "Death Valley National Monument:
Golden Canyon"
2.29.c. postcard [black and white, real photo]: "Magnificent Imported
Hand-Wrought Chandelier—Living Room Scotty's
Castle—Calif."
2.29.d. postcard [color, linen]: "Brigham Young, Famed 'Mormon'
Pioneer Leader"
2.30.a. clipping [photo]: "View of Lake Mead at Boulder Dam ... "
2.30.b. postcard [black and white, advertising] : "Compliments of the
Season from Pinto Pete and His Ranch Boys ... "
2.31.a. flier: "The Proverb of a Greeting Card"
2.32-33a. clipping: contest advertisement for a free two-day trip to
Hoover Dam [Los Angeles Times, December 9, 1934]
2.34.a. clipping [photo]: "Downstream view of the dam and intake
towers." [Los Angeles Times, December 2, 1934]
2.35.a. clipping [photo]: "Upstream view of the dam showing the
power houses under construction." [Los Angeles Times,
December 2, 1934]
2.36-37.a. clipping [photos] :"Hoover Dam Today" [Los Angeles
Times, December 2, 1934]
2.38. [blank]
2.39.a. clipping [photo]: Hoover Dam under construction, view
upstream from below the construction site
2.40-41.a. clipping [map]: route of the Los Angeles Times Auburn
automobile trip from Los Angeles to Hoover Dam
2.41.b. clipping [photo]: the Los Angeles Times' Auburn automobile
parked in Boulder City
2.41.c. postcard [color, linen]: "Death Valley National Monument:
Zabriskie Point ... "
2.42.a. clipping: "Rush Hoover Dam Work; Completion Date is Set"
[includes story of the Los Angeles Times' Auburn automobile
tour of the Boulder Dam Project]
2.43.a. clipping [photo]: the Los Angeles Times' Auburn automobile on
the Black Canyon Highway
2.43.b. clipping [photo]: the Los Angeles Times' Auburn automobile
parked near a penstock pipe section at Hoover Dam
2.44.a. postcard [black and white, real photo]: "Living Room, Scotty's
Castle, Death Valley, California"
2.45.a. postcard [black and white, real photo]: wagons at Death Valley
2.45.b. postcard [black and white, real photo]: "Dining Room, Furnace
Creek Inn, Death Valley"
2.45.c. postcard [black and white, real photo]: "Death Valley Scotty's
Room in His Castle, Death Valley, California"
2.46.a. postcard [color, real photo]: "Santa Fe Station, Needles, Calif."
2.46.b. postcard [color, linen]: "The Twenty-Mule Team Crossing
Death Valley in the Eighties"
2.46.c. postcard [black and white, real photo]: "California 'and' Arizona
Bridge, Needles, Calif."
2.47.a. postcard [color, linen]: "Death Valley National Monument,
California: Golden Canyon"
2.47.b. postcard [color, real photo]: "Brigham Young Monument, Salt
Lake City, Utah"
2.47.c. postcard [color, linen]: "Sand Dunes Near Furnace Creek Inn,
Death Valley, California"
2.48.a. postcard [black and white, real photo]: "Santa Fe Ice Plant,
Needles, California"
2.49.a. photograph: Hoover Dam and power houses under construction
[c. 1935]
2.50-51.a. clipping: "Latest Pictures Portray Sensational Progress Made
at Boulder Dam" [Boulder City Evening Journal, September
3, 1934]
2.52. [blank]
2.53.a. account statement from the Boulder City Company store,
March 15, 1933-34, for K. V. Blair
2.54. [blank]
2.55.a. clipping: "Texas' Inspired 'Pool Hound' Police Dog" [Los
Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, April 16, 1933]
2.56.a. "Boulder Canyon Project Questions and Answers" [January 1,
1936, 17 pages]
2.57.a. clipping [photos]: Hoover Dam construction
2.58.a. brochure: Death Valley? [includes advertisement, photos, and
narrative for the Amargosa Hotel at Death Valley Junction and a
color map of the Death Valley area and southern Nevada,
designed by Gerald A. Eddy [1934]
2.59.a. clipping: advertisement for Camel cigarettes with Hoover Dam
construction as the background
2.60.a. clipping: page from a magazine story on Hoover Dam
construction with a photograph of the millionth yard pour of
concrete on January 7, 1934
2.61.a. Charles Owens illustration of Hoover Dam workers
2.62.a. clipping: Union Oil Bulletin, October 1932, cont.
2.63.a. clipping: "Boulder Dam Builder Will Take Vacation" [Frank
Crowe]
2.63.b. clipping: "It's Yours, Uncle Sam!" [government accepts Hoover
Dam]
2.63.c. clipping: "Boulder Is Warmer In March, Revealed" [1936]
2.64.a. clipping and photos: "President Sees Boulder Dam Marvels On
Trip West" and "Pour First Concrete for Boulder Dam Base"
2.64.b. clipping [photos]: "Famed Landmark is No More" [the old
Lookout Point]
2.65.a. clipping [photo]: "Dam Dedication Marks Epoch in History of
Southwest"
2.66.a. clipping [photo]: "Boulder Dam's Niagara" [needle valve test]
2.67.a. clipping [photo]: "They Build '... [truncated due to length]