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Survey and construction photographs of Boulder (Hoover) Dam


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    California Electric Power Corp. - Nevada-California Electric Corp.: Hoover Dam line construction

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    Unidentified scenes of power construction and ranches

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    Construction of Big Creek No. 4, Dam 7, Redinger Lake

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    Two boxes of loose snapshots documenting the construction of Dam 7 at Big Creek No. 4. Photographs arranged as received and are badly warped.

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    Scrapbook of photographs and ephemera related to inauguration of power service for Hoover Dam

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    Big Creek: Construction of Dam No. 6, San Joaquin River

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    Photographs, Boulder Dam

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    The Southern California Edison Records consist of materials created, maintained, and collected by the company. The Southern California Edison Records contain books, catalogs, correspondence, journals, ledgers, log books, meeting minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographs, press releases, reports, scrapbooks, and other materials documenting the history of the Southern California Edison (SCE) Company. The records cover the years 1848 to 1989 with the bulk of the material ranging from 1911 to 1965. The material is largely textual with the exception of a few non-paper items scattered throughout.

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