Hoover Dam construction May 29, 1934

0002:1299

0002:1299

Name/Title

Hoover Dam construction May 29, 1934

Entry/Object ID

0002:1299

Description

Hoover Dam construction: "Arizona intake towers from the Nevada side." 5-29-34; W. A. Bechtel Collection Photo #2710 - Volume Three; Roll 36 - Photo No. 9 Copy Negative - Bureau of Reclamation

Collection

Hoover Dam Construction, Bureau of Reclamation, W. A. Bechtel Collection, Six Companies Inc.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Bechtel, William A.

Role

Photographer

Date made

May 29, 1934 - May 29, 1934

Notes

Original or Negative: Original [W. A. Bechtel Collection Photo #2710 - Volume Three] [Roll 36 - Photo No. 9 Copy Negative - Bureau of Reclamation]

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

Hoover Dam, Intake Towers, Construction

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Negative No.: Roll 36-Photo No.9

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: (8 x 10)

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Research Room, Photo Drawer 3

Date

December 22, 2025

Inventory

Inventoried By

Brandy Carlin

Inventoried Date

Sep 23, 2026

Notes

Digitized Photo BCHDDARPPC00021299

Provenance

Notes

BCL William A. Bechtel Album 3, photo 2710

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

(Note the "stiff-leg" crane on the cliff)

Create Date

November 30, 2020

Update Date

September 23, 2026