Hoover Dam construction: Black Canyon damsite, May. 27, 1935

Photograph

Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

0002:0973

Hoover Dam construction

Name/Title

Hoover Dam construction: Black Canyon damsite, May. 27, 1935

Entry/Object ID

0002:0973

Description

View looking downstream from crest of dam showing downstream section of powerplant, canyon wall outlet works, & downstream cofferdam excavation May 27, 1932; UNLS - call no.LA 327 B6 L3

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Glaha, Ben D.

Role

Photographer

Notes

Date: May. 27, 1935 Original or Copy: Original

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

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Negative No.: Wash No.3089

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: (8 x 10)

Location

* Untyped Location

Research Room, Photo Drawer 3

Date

November 26, 2025

Inventory

Inventoried By

Brandy Carlin

Inventoried Date

Aug 14, 2026

Notes

Digitized Photo BCHDDARPPC00020973

Provenance

Notes

USBR Photo Wash No.3089

General Notes

Note

Negative Location: N/A Notes: June 2015 PastPerfect Conversion

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

November 30, 2020

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

August 14, 2026