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Slide of several officials signing the contract to construct Hoover Dam, April 18, 1931

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Creator
Creator: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Date
1931-04-18
Description
Black and white image of officials from the Six Companies of San Francisco and the Bureau of Reclamation, as well as some local individuals, signing the contract to construct Hoover Dam (note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947). Dr. Elwood Mead is signing the contract. Seated next to him is Henry J. Kaiser. Also identified in the photograph (in no particular order) are W.R. Armstrong, Walker Young, R.F. Walter, and Louis Crampton.
Digital ID
pho004180
Physical Identifier
0043_0015
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d12v2c90f
Details
Subject
People
Armstrong, W. R.
Young, Walker R.
Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936
Walter, R. F.
Kaiser, Henry J., 1882-1967
Crampton, Louis
Six Companies
United States. Bureau of Reclamation
People
Businesspeople
Men
Public officers
Contracts
Place
Hoover Dam
Resource Type
Still Image
Material Type
photographs
slides (photographs)
Source
Officials from Six Companies and the Bureau of Reclamation signing the contract to construct the Hoover (Boulder) Dam, 1931 April 18
Citation

pho004180. Union Pacific Railroad Photographs. PH-00043. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d12v2c90f.

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Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Extent
2793 x 1894 pixels
1.33 x 0.9019 inches
15894618 bytes
Language

English

Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
Format
image/tiff