Boulder City: Roads and Streets, 1952

Photograph

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Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

0008:0613: Boulder City: Roads and Streets
0008:0613

Boulder City: Roads and Streets

Name/Title

Boulder City: Roads and Streets, 1952

Entry/Object ID

0008:0613

Description

Nevada Highway and Arizona Street, captured in the year 1952. " Business-particularly tourist business- was thriving along Nevada Highway downtown Boulder City, Nevada, when this picture was taken. This beautiful little town in the desert was originally a construction camp for workers on Hoover Dam, located about seven miles away on the Colorado River. With a population of about 3,800, it has been maintained primarily as permanent headquarters for operating personnel at the dam." Unknown persons photographed here.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Faucette, R.E.

Role

Photographer

Date made

1952 - 1952

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Research room

Date

May 18, 2026

General Notes

Note

Bureau of Reclamation Photograph Region 3 Boulder City, Nevada #19

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

January 4, 2023

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

May 18, 2026