![0008:0757: Bureau of Reclamation - administration building, ca. 1952 "A couple of visitors relax on the lawns of the Bureau of Reclamation's Administration Building, which overlooks the beautiful little town of Boulder City, Nevada, in one direction and the glinting waters from the Lake Mead in the other. The town, first established as a construction camp for the workers of Hoover Dam seven miles away and later maintained as permanent headquarters for operating personnel, is now a thriving community of some 3,800 inhabitants." [Bureau of Reclamation photo; R.E. Faucette, photographer]](https://d8e7jbdw4fu0e.cloudfront.net/4452/55f042c0-7349-11ee-a792-f3269e1a91bb-wxTvlvA.lg-nt@2x.jpg)
Bureau of Reclamation - administration building, ca. 1952 "A couple of visitors relax on the lawns of the Bureau of Reclamation's Administration Building, which overlooks the beautiful little town of Boulder City, Nevada, in one direction and the glinting waters from the Lake Mead in the other. The town, first established as a construction camp for the workers of Hoover Dam seven miles away and later maintained as permanent headquarters for operating personnel, is now a thriving community of some 3,800 inhabitants." [Bureau of Reclamation photo; R.E. Faucette, photographer]