Six Companies temporary camp mess hall, 1931

0002:0366: Six Companies temporary camp - mess hall, 1931: exterior [note solar - heated water tank]
* [Elton Garrett photographer; published in the Las Vegas Review - Journal, Wednesday March21, 1951] [published earlier in the Las Vegas Evening Review - Journal, Wednesday April 8, 1931, 5:4-6] ["The first 50 men who started construction on the 30 frame houses to be occupied by 350 builders of Boulder City, model town near Hoover Dam site in Nevada, dwell in the structures shown here."]
0002:0366

Six Companies temporary camp - mess hall, 1931: exterior [note solar - heated water tank] * [Elton Garrett photographer; published in the Las Vegas Review - Journal, Wednesday March21, 1951] [published earlier in the Las Vegas Evening Review - Journal, Wednesday April 8, 1931, 5:4-6] ["The first 50 men who started construction on the 30 frame houses to be occupied by 350 builders of Boulder City, model town near Hoover Dam site in Nevada, dwell in the structures shown here."]

Name/Title

Six Companies temporary camp mess hall, 1931

Entry/Object ID

0002:0366

Description

Six Companies; temporary camp mess hall; 193; exterior; solar heated water tank; Elton Garrett photographer; published in the Las Vegas Review Journal; Wednesday March 21, 1951; published earlier in the Las Vegas Evening Review Journal; Wednesday April 8, 1931; 5:4-6; The first 50 men; who started construction on the 30 frame houses; to be occupied by 350 builders of Boulder City; model town near Hoover Dam; site in Nevada; dwell in the structures shown here

Collection

Six Companies Inc.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Garrett, Elton M.

Role

Photographer

Date made

Apr 8, 1931 - Mar 21, 1951

Notes

Original or Negative: Original * [Elton Garrett photographer; published in the Las Vegas Review - Journal, Wednesday March21, 1951] [published earlier in the Las Vegas Evening Review - Journal, Wednesday April 8, 1931, 5:4-6] ["The first 50 men who started construction on the 30 frame houses to be occupied by 350 builders of Boulder City, model town near Hoover Dam site in Nevada, dwell in the structures shown here."]

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Six Companies

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: (3 1/2 x 5)

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Research Room

Date

October 14, 2025

Notes

Photo Drawer 4

Provenance

Notes

Elton Garrett

General Notes

Note

Negative Location: N/A Notes: Caption continues, "Boulder City, model town near Hoover damsite in NV. dwell in this structures shown here." June 2015 PastPerfect Conversion

Created By

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Create Date

November 30, 2020

Updated By

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Update Date

October 14, 2025