Hoover Dam Ephemera

Archive

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Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

Name/Title

Hoover Dam Ephemera

Entry/Object ID

MS.174

Scope and Content

Various accession numbers included in this collection.

Collection

Hoover Dam Ephemera

Cataloged By

Jeannie Rutherford

Archive Items Details

Description

MS 174 Primary Collection container list Hoover Dam Ephemera This is an open collection of materials related to the history and promotion of Hoover Dam, formerly known as Boulder Dam. Contents include postcards, brochures, and a 1941 publication telling the story of Boulder Dam. [open collection] [1 box] Box 1 of 1 ff no. 1. souvenir postcard packet “Boulder Dam and Vicinity” - [acc.no 019.032.1] souvenir booklet, “Construction of Boulder Dam” [acc.no 019.032.2a; 019.032.2b] souvenir postcard packet “Boulder Dam” - [acc.no 019.033.1] souvenir postcard packet “Boulder Dam” - [acc.no 019.046.1] postcard - Nevada Lookout Point, Boulder Dam souvenir postcard packet “Boulder Dam” (postmarked Dec. 28, 1936 to Mr. Joe Houshka) 2. Hoover Dam brochure - [acc.no 019.040.1] “Boulder Dam” Book of Comparisons [1937] - [acc.no 019.039] 3. The Story of Boulder Dam, [1941] - [acc.no 019.042.1] Pictorial Boulder Dam, [1938] - [acc.no 019.042.2] Hoover (Boulder) Dam and the Lake Mead National Recreation Area [acc.no 019.050.1] 4. Giant postcard of Boulder Dam - [acc.no 019.052.1] postcard - A Nevada Desert - [acc.no 019.052.2] postcard - Transcontinental Highway across Hoover (Boulder) Dam [acc.no 019.052.3] postcard - Figures of the Republic, Hoover (Boulder) Dam [acc.no 019.52.4] postcard - Lake Mead Looking Toward the Narrows, Boulder Dam [acc.no 019.52.5] 5. souvenir booklet, Construction of Boulder Dam by Boulder Dam Service Bureau, 1934 (7th ed.; paperbound) 6. Hoover Dam brochure - [acc.no 997.43.79] (1) Hoover Dam brochure - [acc.no 997.43.79] (2) Boulder Dam brochure - [ca. 1937-38] Boulder Dam brochure - The World’s Most Impressive Engineering Spectacle [ca. 1937- 38] * * *

Location

Location

Rolling Rack #4

Research Room

Category

Permanent

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Dec 18, 2019

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

December 18, 2019

Updated By

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Update Date

November 14, 2025