Name/Title
Hoover Dam construction: penstocks September 30, 1935Entry/Object ID
0002:1396Description
Hoover Dam construction: penstocks: people and vehicles posed, September 30, 1935; L-R: 1929 Chevrolet; Dean Pulsipher; Sarah Pulsipher (Dean's mother); Elva Benson Pulsipher (Dean's wife); Don Jay Benson (Dean & Elva's nephew); Lucille "Billie" Benson (Elva's sister-in-law, Don Jay's mother); Geneva Walter; this section of 30-foot penstock pipe was set up for President Franklin Roosevelt's car to drive through when he dedicated the dam; Dean Pulsipher photoCollection
Hoover Dam ConstructionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Pulsipher, DeanRole
PhotographerDate made
Sep 30, 1935 - Sep 30, 1935Notes
Original or Negative: Negative
[Dean Pulsipher photo]Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Mike Stepko, Hoover Dam, PenstocksOther Names and Numbers
Other Number
Negative No.: N/ADimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: OtherLocation
Location
* Untyped Location
Research Room, Photo Drawer 3Date
August 27, 2026Inventory
Inventoried By
Brandy CarlinInventoried Date
Sep 29, 2026Notes
Digitized Photo BCHDDARPPC00021396General Notes
Note Type
Cataloging NoteNote
[this section of 30-foot penstock pipe was set up for President Franklin Roosevelt's car to drive through when he dedicated the dam]Create Date
November 30, 2020Update Date
September 29, 2026