Hoovertourgroup1947
Veteran Bureau of Reclamation tour guide LeGrande "Blackie" Hardy extols the wonders of Boulder Dam (as it then was, it was officially renamed "Hoover Dam" later in the year)
- Date
- 1947-03-06
- Photographer / author
- Bureau of Reclamation photographer
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- image
- Original size
- 1,074 × 1,425 pixels
Public domain
Reason: public domain: USBR.
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