Hoover Dam construction: blasting

0002:0951: Hoover Dam construction: blasting: "General view of Black Canyon looking upstream toward Hoover Damsite showing practically unwatered dam area. River level of canyon is being choked with material blasted and stripped from canyon walls." 11-25-32 [Photo by B. D. Glaha] [USBR/Wash. No. 01457]
0002:0951

Hoover Dam construction: blasting: "General view of Black Canyon looking upstream toward Hoover Damsite showing practically unwatered dam area. River level of canyon is being choked with material blasted and stripped from canyon walls." 11-25-32 [Photo by B. D. Glaha] [USBR/Wash. No. 01457]

Name/Title

Hoover Dam construction: blasting

Entry/Object ID

0002:0951

Description

Hoover Dam construction: blasting: "General view of Black Canyon looking upstream toward Hoover Damsite showing practically unwatered dam area. River level of canyon is being choked with material blasted and stripped from canyon walls." 11-25-32; Photo by B. D. Glaha; USBR/Wash. No. 01457

Collection

Bureau of Reclamation, Hoover Dam Construction, Colorado River Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Glaha, Ben D.

Role

Photographer

Date made

Nov 25, 1932 - Nov 25, 1932

Notes

Original or Negative: Original [Photo by B. D. Glaha] [USBR/Wash. No. 01457]

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

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: (8 x 10)

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Research room

Date

November 26, 2025

Provenance

Notes

USBR Photo Wash No.01457

General Notes

Note

Negative Location: N/A Notes: 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