Hoover Dam construction: diversion tunnels and cofferdams 1931

Photograph

Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

BCHDDARPPC00021179.jpg

Hoover Dam construction: diversion tunnels and cofferdams, c. spring 1931 [real-photo postcard with locations of the cofferdams and diversion tunnel lower portals marked] [Altus "Tex" and Dorothy Nunley photo] [negative]

Name/Title

Hoover Dam construction: diversion tunnels and cofferdams 1931

Entry/Object ID

0002:1179

Description

Hoover Dam construction: diversion tunnels and cofferdams, c. spring 193; real-photo postcard with locations of the cofferdams and diversion tunnel lower portals marked; Altus "Tex" and Dorothy Nunley photo [negative]

Collection

Hoover Dam Construction, Colorado River Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Nunley, Altus "Tex"

Role

Photographer

Date made

1931 - 1931

Notes

Original or Negative: Negative [Altus "Tex" and Dorothy Nunley photo] [negative]

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Search Terms

Hoover Dam, Construction, Diversion Tunnels

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Negative No.: N/A

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: Other

Location

* Untyped Location

Research Room, Photo Drawer 3

Date

December 9, 2025

Inventory

Inventoried By

Brandy Carlin

Inventoried Date

Sep 9, 2026

Notes

Digitized Photo BCHDDARPPC00021179

Provenance

Notes

Altus "Tex" & Dorothy Nunley

General Notes

Note

Negative Location: Yes Notes: contact sheet June 2015 PastPerfect Conversion

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

November 30, 2020

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

September 9, 2026