Six Companies temporary camp mess hall 1931

Photograph

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Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

0002:0367: Six Companies temporary camp - mess hall, 1931: interior [standing in back, third from left: Walker Young; standing in back, fourth from left Bud Bodell?; seated, center right, old man with bow tie: Pop Squires] * [Elton Garrett photographer; published in the Las Vegas Review - Journal, Wednesday March21, 1951] [published earlier in the Las Vegas Evening Review - Journal, Wednesday April 8, 1931, 5:4-6] ["The first 50 men who started construction on the 30 frame houses to be occupuied by 350 builders of Boulder City, model town near Hoover Dam site in Nevada, dwell in the structures shown here."]
0002:0367

Six Companies temporary camp - mess hall, 1931: interior [standing in back, third from left: Walker Young; standing in back, fourth from left Bud Bodell?; seated, center right, old man with bow tie: Pop Squires] * [Elton Garrett photographer; published in the Las Vegas Review - Journal, Wednesday March21, 1951] [published earlier in the Las Vegas Evening Review - Journal, Wednesday April 8, 1931, 5:4-6] ["The first 50 men who started construction on the 30 frame houses to be occupuied by 350 builders of Boulder City, model town near Hoover Dam site in Nevada, dwell in the structures shown here."]

Name/Title

Six Companies temporary camp mess hall 1931

Entry/Object ID

0002:0367

Description

Six Companies; temporary camp; mess hall; 1931; interior; standing in back, third from left: Walker Young; standing in back, fourth from left Bud Bodell; seated, center right, old man with bow tie: Pop Squires; Elton Garrett photographer; published in the Las Vegas Review Journal; Wednesday March 21, 1951; published earlier in the Las Vegas Evening Review Journal; Wednesday April 8, 1931; 5:4-6; The first 50 men; who started construction on the 30 frame houses; to be occupied by 350 builders; of Boulder City; model town near Hoover Dam; site in Nevada; dwell in the structures shown here

Collection

Six Companies Inc.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Garrett, Elton M.

Role

Photographer

Date made

Apr 8, 1931 - Mar 21, 1951

Notes

Original or Negative: Original * [Elton Garrett photographer; published in the Las Vegas Review - Journal, Wednesday March21, 1951] [published earlier in the Las Vegas Evening Review - Journal, Wednesday April 8, 1931, 5:4-6] ["The first 50 men who started construction on the 30 frame houses to be occupuied by 350 builders of Boulder City, model town near Hoover Dam site in Nevada, dwell in the structures shown here."]

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

Walker Young, Bud Bodell, Pop Squires, Six Companies, Anderson Brothers

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: (8 x 10)

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Research Room, Photo Drawer 2

Date

October 14, 2025

Inventory

Inventoried By

Brandy Carlin

Inventoried Date

Jun 11, 2026

Notes

Digitized Photo BCHDDARPPC00020367

Provenance

Notes

Elton Garrett

General Notes

Note

Negative Location: N/A Notes: June 2015 PastPerfect Conversion

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

November 30, 2020

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

August 14, 2026