boulder dam (9 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 48 page center stapled pamphlet with photo and drawing illustrations. Prepared in collaboration with the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation. Unmarked, tight and clean. Eighteenth Edition (Price 25c.).

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Near fine/none, used, tan colored illustrated stapled stiff paper wraps, 47pp plus ads to rear. Interior clean, no marks, binding tight. Slightest of rubbing to wraps, no chips or tears, corners square.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condizione: Very Good. 7 pages, illustrated. An original article from the The American Review of Reviews, 1929. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 18 x 24 cms. Category: Review of Reviews; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Single sheet [45.5 cm x 39.5 cm] that folds to pamphlet size [22.5 cm x 10 cm] Minor overall wear. Folds as issued. Informational brochure on Boulder Dam that includes a history of construction and the surrounding area with description of the downstream benefits and the hydroelectric abilities with statistics and facts. Illustrated with black and white photographs a map and an illustrated schematic of the Dam. The map [21 cm x 19 cm] shows southern Nevada and south eastern California and the Imperial Valley. The schematic [18 cm c 20 cm] is titled 'How Boulder Dam Works' "The achievements of Boulder Dam run the scale in the field of water conservation from flood control to provision of a valuable wild-waterfowl refuge. In regulating the treacherous Colorado River, Boulder Dam has changed its character entirely for 565 miles from the lower end of Grand Canyon to its mouth at the northern tip of the Gulf of California.".

18cm, (24)p., numerous photos, large folding panoramic plate, in folding colour illustrated covers with plan mapped on the verso, designed for mailing with addressed front with U.S. stamp, very good to fine. ~ A detailed contemporary view of "The World's Greatest Engineering Feat": "Construction Views, Boulder Dam, Nevada Panorama of Boulder City, Nevada, 9000 Words Questions and Answers, Topographical Map of the Southwest".

4to. 11, [1] pp. Numerous photo illustrations, map on back cover. Self-printed softcovers, cover art photo of the air-condition Art Deco streamlined Las Vegas railroad station (slight creasing, shelfwear), still VG copy. First edition of this scarce promotional brochure by the Union Pacific Railroad extolling the amenities and available boating cruises, fishing, and swimming at Boulder Dam and Lake Mead, as well as the Las Vegas night life on the eve of World War II. Worldcat locates 1 copy (Univ. of Missouri, St. Louis).

Cloth. Condizione: Near fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. First edition of Boulder Dam by Zane Grey. (illustratore). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 234pp. Gray hardcover, blue cloth spine, title in gray on spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page with the publisher's code "G-N." Solid text block, lightly bumped corners, a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, price clipped, "0863" code at bottom of front flap, with faint shelf wear and soiling.

4to. 7.75 x 9 in. 16 pp., which folds out into large oblong folio 30.75 x 18 in. pictorial map by Gerald A. Eddy on verso, with numerous photo illustrations, map on recto. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers, cover art of Boulder dam (minor shelfwear, slight wear to crease folds), still VG copy. First edition of this splendid promotional brochure by the Union Pacific Railroad extolling the amenities, facts about Boulder Dam and Lake Mead, Boulder, and Las Vegas on the eve of World War II. Worldcat locates 1 copy (Library of Congress).

Good. Wear along original fold lines. Verso repairs to fold separations and at fold intersections. Small area of infill at a fold intersection. Text on verso. Size 17.75 x 31 Inches. This is a 1934 Gerald A. Eddy bird's-eye view perspective map of Hoover (Boulder) Dam, Lake Mead, and environs at the height of its construction. Hoover (Boulder) Dam appears in the lower-left next to Boulder City, explicitly founded to house the thousands of workers involved in construction. Lake Mead dominates the foreground, and the view stretches hundreds of miles north to Salt Lake City, Utah. This was published as a promotional piece for Union Pacific Railroad, and thus a red line traces the railroad's route south from Salt Lake City to Las Vegas and on to Boulder City and the construction site. The Grand Canyon, Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, and Cedar Breaks National Monument are highlighted, no doubt in the hopes of driving tourism despite the Great Depressing. The region's mountain ranges, canyons, and other natural wonders are also identified. Hoover Dam Hoover Dam, built on the Nevada-Arizona border, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in Black Canyon on the Colorado River. It was built between 1931 and 1936 and thousands of people. Over 3,000 individuals were on the payroll when construction began, and the workforce hit its peak in July 1934, with 5,251 people on site. Over one hundred people died during construction. Hoover Dam forms Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States. The dam generates electricity for millions of people in Nevada, Arizona, and California. Naming Controversy When people began lobbying for the dam's construction in 1928, the press referred to it as the 'Boulder Dam' or the 'Boulder Canyon Dam,' even though the proposed site was in Black Canyon. On September 17, 1930, Secretary of the Interior Ray Wilbur spoke at the ceremony celebrating the beginning of the construction of the railway between the dam site and Las Vegas. During his speech, Wilbur referred to the dam as 'Hoover Dam' and cited a tradition of naming dams after presidents (never mind that one had never been named after a sitting president). After Hoover lost his reelection bid in 1932, the new Secretary of the Interior, Harold L. Ickes, began vehemently campaigning against the name Hoover Dam. He would only refer to it as Boulder Dam, even going so far as to state, incorrectly, that Congress had never formally used that name. The naming controversy continued, with average Americans using the names interchangeably until 1947, when Congress sanctioned 'Hoover Dam'. Intriguingly, this naming controversy extends to the present map, with an earlier state (Geog: hooverdambirdseye-eddy-1931), issued in 1931, using the name Hoover Dam instead of Boulder Dam, as here. Publication History and Census This map was drawn by Gerald A. Eddy and published by R. B. Robertson for the Union Pacific system in 1934. An earlier 1931 edition, bears the name 'Hoover Dam'. The present 1934 edition is rarer than the 1931 edition, as the 1934 edition is not cataloged in OCLC and appears infrequently on the market.