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Crowds filling the streets of downtown during the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, Los Angeles, 1936

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Crowds filling the streets of downtown Los Angeles during the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, held to honor the first instances of power-production from the dam. Downtown Los Angeles was flooded with 7.2 million candle-power light, and engineers claimed that the display was visible from 100 miles away.
Date:
October 9, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Crowds filling the streets of downtown during the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, Los Angeles, 1936