Hoover Dam construction: blasting

0002:0952: Hoover Dam construction: blasting: "Looking downstream toward Boulder damsite from lower slope of upper cofferdam. Base of Nevada intake towers excavation seen in upper right. December 31, 1932 [#LA 327 B6 L3 - UNLV Library Special Collections No. 5] [USBR photo]
0002:0952

Hoover Dam construction: blasting: "Looking downstream toward Boulder damsite from lower slope of upper cofferdam. Base of Nevada intake towers excavation seen in upper right. December 31, 1932 [#LA 327 B6 L3 - UNLV Library Special Collections No. 5] [USBR photo]

Name/Title

Hoover Dam construction: blasting

Entry/Object ID

0002:0952

Description

Hoover Dam construction: blasting: "Looking downstream toward Boulder damsite from lower slope of upper cofferdam. Base of Nevada intake towers excavation seen in upper right. December 31, 1932; #LA 327 B6 L3 - UNLV Library Special Collections No. 5; USBR photo

Collection

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

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

UNLV

Role

Photographer

Date made

Dec 31, 1932 - Dec 31, 1932

Notes

Original or Negative: Original [#LA 327 B6 L3 - UNLV Library Special Collections No. 5] [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

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: (8 x 10)

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Research Room, Photo Drawer 3

Date

November 26, 2025

Inventory

Inventoried By

Brandy Carlin

Inventoried Date

Aug 12, 2026

Notes

Digitized Photo BCHDDARPPC00020952

Provenance

Notes

USBR Photo UNLV Library Special Collections No.5, LA 327 B6 L3 0071:0185

General Notes

Note

Negative Location: N/A Notes: copy neg.; (8 x 10) & (5 x 7) photo June 2015 PastPerfect Conversion

Create Date

November 30, 2020

Update Date

August 12, 2026