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VTG DODGE BOULDER (HOOVER) DAM BRONZE SOUVENIR BUILDING PAPERWEIGHT - 1936-1947

$ 30.06

Availability: 77 in stock
  • Condition: THIS WONDERFUL PIECE IS IN GREAT CONDITION WITH ONLY MINIMAL SIGNS OF USE OR WEAR ... NO DINGS, DENTS, CRACKS, BREAKS, STAINS, DISCOLORATIONS, OR REPAIRS ... AND HAS NEW FELT ON BASE AS SHOWN SO THAT YOUR SURFACES ARE PROTECTED.
  • Theme: Buildings
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    THIS AUCTION IS FOR THE VINTAGE BOULDER (LATER HOOVER) DAM BRONZE METAL SOUVENIR BUILDING PAPERWEIGHT BOOKEND BY DODGE FROM 1936-1947.  IT WAS CAST BY DODGE (USA) AS ENGRAVED ON THE BACK AS SHOWN. ON EACH SIDE ARE ENGRAVED POWER LINES TO SYMBOLIZE THE DAM'S PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICITY FOR THE REGION AND WEIGHS NEARLY 2 lbs.  DODGE INC. WAS FORMED IN THE MID-1920's IN CHICAGO BY 1924 OLYMPIC TRACK STAR RAY EDGAR DODGE AFTER HIS WIN IN THE 1924 OLYMPIC GAMES IN PARIS.  HE LATER MOVED OPERATIONS TO LOS ANGELES AND CREATED BOOKENDS, PAPERWEIGHTS, MEDALS, AND TROPHIES WHICH LED TO PRODUCTING THE HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY AWARDS OSCAR STATUETTE TROPHIES STARTING IN 1930, AS WELL AS THE EMMY AWARDS TROPHIES STARTING IN 1949, AND ALSO THE ROSE BOWL AND ORANGE BOWL COLLEGE FOOTBAL TROPHIES.  THIS EXAMPLE IS SPECIFICALLY LABELED "BOULDER DAM" WHICH WAS CREATED IN 1936 AND LATER IN 1947 RENAMED "HOOVER DAM" IN HONOR OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT WHO GOT THE PROJECT STARTED (AND IS STILL HOLDING BACK THE WATERS OF LAKE MEAD ON THE COLORADO RIVER.
    THIS BOULDER DAM MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 3-7/8"d x 3-1/2"h x 3-1/4"d.
    THIS WONDERFUL PIECE IS IN GREAT CONDITION WITH ONLY MINIMAL SIGNS OF USE OR WEAR ... NO DINGS, DENTS, CRACKS, BREAKS, STAINS, DISCOLORATIONS, OR REPAIRS ... AND HAS NEW FELT ON BASE AS SHOWN SO THAT YOUR SURFACES ARE PROTECTED.