Hoover Dam construction: Black Canyon damsite

0002:0960: Hoover Dam construction: Black Canyon damsite: "Boulder Dam site from the Nigger Head, Div. tunnel construction." [0020 0050 (neg) folder 20. Davis Collection] [UNLV Library - Special Collections Copy Negative] [USBR photo]
0002:0960

Hoover Dam construction: Black Canyon damsite: "Boulder Dam site from the Nigger Head, Div. tunnel construction." [0020 0050 (neg) folder 20. Davis Collection] [UNLV Library - Special Collections Copy Negative] [USBR photo]

Name/Title

Hoover Dam construction: Black Canyon damsite

Entry/Object ID

0002:0960

Description

Hoover Dam construction: Black Canyon damsite: "Boulder Dam site from the Nigger Head, Div. tunnel construction."; 0020 0050 (neg) folder 20. Davis Collection; UNLV Library - Special Collections Copy Negative; USBR photo

Collection

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

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Davis, Winthrop A.

Role

Photographer

Date made

1931 - 1932

Notes

Original or Negative: Original [0020 0050 (neg) folder 20. Davis Collection] [UNLV Library - Special Collections Copy Negative] [USBR photo]

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, Black Canyon, Nigger Head

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: (8 x 10)

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Research room

Date

November 26, 2025

Provenance

Notes

USBR Photo UNLV Special Collections Davis Collection 0020:0050 folder 20

General Notes

Note

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

Created By

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Create Date

November 30, 2020

Updated By

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Update Date

November 26, 2025