The view looks down from the control tower of a 150-ton cableway on the Nevada rim into Black Canyon, where Boulder Dam rises in stepped concrete blocks. Cableway towers and lines cross the canyon, with rocky walls and the Colorado River below the dam face. The dam was built between 1931 and 1936 as a Depression-era public works project, and the card uses the Boulder Dam name common before the structure was renamed Hoover Dam.
Real photo postcard with white border; printed caption and photographer logo on image.
No postmark, stamp, address, or message — unused card. Divided-back 'POST CARD' with CORRESPONDENCE / ADDRESS panels and E-K-K-P stamp box; dealer pencil price mark '5- RMLJ' at top. Real-photo card with white border, glossy surface; publisher imprint Frasher's, Inc., Pomona, Calif. Light foxing/toning on cream stock.
Cite this card
Boulder Dam under construction, Black Canyon, NV, circa 1933, postcard, c. 1933. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/boulder-dam-under-construction-black-canyon-nv-circa-1933. Accessed November 2, 2026.
