Hoover Dam general view September 26, 1939

0002:2033: Hoover Dam - general view, September 26, 1939 ["Bridging the Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona, Boulder Dam provides a 4-lane highway for the 108,528 tourists who visited the dam in 29,182 cars and 216 buses during August [1939]. One hundred fifteen airplanes carrying 446 persons visited the dam through Boulder City."] [USBR photo no. 4753; Copy Negative from Outside Collection]
0002:2033

Hoover Dam - general view, September 26, 1939 ["Bridging the Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona, Boulder Dam provides a 4-lane highway for the 108,528 tourists who visited the dam in 29,182 cars and 216 buses during August [1939]. One hundred fifteen airplanes carrying 446 persons visited the dam through Boulder City."] [USBR photo no. 4753; Copy Negative from Outside Collection]

Name/Title

Hoover Dam general view September 26, 1939

Entry/Object ID

0002:2033

Description

Hoover Dam - general view, September 26, 1939; "Bridging the Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona, Boulder Dam provides a 4-lane highway for the 108,528 tourists who visited the dam in 29,182 cars and 216 buses during August [1939]. One hundred fifteen airplanes carrying 446 persons visited the dam through Boulder City."; USBR photo no. 4753; Copy Negative from Outside Collection

Collection

Hoover Dam Ephemera, Bureau of Reclamation, Colorado River Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

Role

Photographer

Date made

Sep 26, 1939 - Sep 26, 1939

Notes

Original or Negative: Original [USBR photo no. 4753; Copy Negative from Outside Collection]

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

Date

January 27, 2026

Provenance

Notes

USBR Photo Wash No.4753

General Notes

Note

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

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Create Date

November 30, 2020

Updated By

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Update Date

January 27, 2026