Hoover Dam construction 1932

0002:0950: Hoover Dam construction: "A blast in scaling down the canyon walls for the construction of the intake towers, taken from the river-level looking downstream." 3/28/32. [0120 0025 folder 120 Burrell C. Lawton Collection] [USBR photo] [UNLV Library - Special Collections Copy Negative]
0002:0950

Hoover Dam construction: "A blast in scaling down the canyon walls for the construction of the intake towers, taken from the river-level looking downstream." 3/28/32. [0120 0025 folder 120 Burrell C. Lawton Collection] [USBR photo] [UNLV Library - Special Collections Copy Negative]

Name/Title

Hoover Dam construction 1932

Entry/Object ID

0002:0950

Description

Hoover Dam construction: "A blast in scaling down the canyon walls for the construction of the intake towers, taken from the river-level looking downstream." 3/28/32; 0120 0025 folder 120 Burrell C. Lawton Collection; USBR photo; UNLV Library - Special Collections Copy Negative

Collection

Hoover Dam Construction, Bureau of Reclamation, UNLV Library, Colorado River Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Burrell C. Lawton

Role

Photographer

Date made

Mar 28, 1932 - Mar 28, 1932

Notes

Original or Negative: Original [0120 0025 folder 120 Burrell C. Lawton Collection] [USBR photo] [UNLV Library - Special Collections Copy Negative]

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

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: (8 x 10)

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Research room

Date

November 26, 2025

Provenance

Notes

USBR Photo UNLV Library Special Collections, Burrell C. Lawton Collection 0120:0025 folder 120

General Notes

Note

Negative Location: N/A Notes: copy neg. June 2015 PastPerfect Conversion

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Create Date

November 30, 2020

Updated By

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Update Date

November 26, 2025