Hoover Dam construction workers transportation: Big Bertha

0002:1645

0002:1645

Name/Title

Hoover Dam construction workers transportation: "Big Bertha"

Entry/Object ID

0002:1645

Description

Hoover Dam construction workers transportation: "Big Bertha" - Motor transport carrying 150 men used in transporting workmen from Boulder City to the dam. 4-12-34; Bureau of Reclamation photo by B. D. Glaha; Boulder City Library Association/BCP 02394; Volume II - 1933-1939; Roll 1 - Photo No. 9 Copy Negative - Bureau of Reclamation

Collection

Boulder City Library, Bureau of Reclamation, Hoover Dam Construction

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Glaha, Ben D.

Role

Photographer

Date made

Apr 12, 1934 - Apr 12, 1934

Notes

Original or Negative: Original [Bureau of Reclamation photo by B. D. Glaha] [Boulder City Library Association/BCP 02394] [Volume II - 1933-1939] [Roll 1 - Photo No. 9 Copy Negative - Bureau of Reclamation]

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, Workers

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Negative No.: Roll 1- Photo No.9

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: (8 x 10)

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Research Room, Photo Drawer 4

Date

January 7, 2026

Inventory

Inventoried By

Brandy Carlin

Inventoried Date

Oct 16, 2026

Notes

Digitized Photo BCHDDARPPC00021645

Provenance

Notes

USBR Photo BCP 02394

General Notes

Note

Negative Location: N/A Notes: copy neg. June 2015 PastPerfect Conversion

Create Date

November 30, 2020

Update Date

October 16, 2026