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Film transparency of Herbert Hoover and his party touring the Boulder Canyon Project, November 12, 1932

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Creator
Creator: Glaha, Ben D., 1899-1970
Creator: United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Date
1932-11-12
Description
Black and white image of Herbert Hoover and several others touring the Boulder Canyon Project. The following printed description accompanies the image: "President Herbert Hoover and official party in Tunnel No. 2 during inspection tour of Boulder Canyon Project. Left to right: Construction Engineer W. R. Young, Bureau of Reclamation; Mr. Ritchey , Secretary to the President; Chief Engineer R. F. Walter, Bureau of Reclamation; Mrs. Hoover; President Hoover; Mrs. Wilbur; Secretary of the Interior R. L. Wilbur; E. O. Wattis, First Vice-President, Six Companies, Inc.; F. T. Crowe, Gen. Superintendent, Six Companies , Inc." Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
Digital ID
pho004504
Physical Identifier
0071_0126
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1qz22h0b
Details
Subject
People
Young, Walker R.
Walter, R. F.
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Hoover, Lou Henry, 1874-1944
Wilbur, Ray L. (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949
Wattis, E. O. (Wattis, Edmund Orson, Jr.)
Crowe, Frank T., 1882-1946
People
Men
Women
Presidents
Businesspeople
Public officers
Dams
Dams--Design and construction
Resource Type
Still Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic transparencies
Source
President Herbert Hoover and official party in Tunnel No. 2 during inspection tour of Boulder Canyon Project: Construction Engineer W. R. Young, Bureau of Reclamation; Mr. Ritchey, Secretary to the President; Chief Engineer R. F. Walter, Bureau of Reclamation; Lou Henry Hoover; President Hoover; Marguerite Blake Wilbur; Secretary of the Interior R. L. Wilbur; E. O. Wattis, First Vice-President, Six Companies, Inc.; F. T. Crowe, General Superintendent, Six Companies, Inc., 1932 November 12
Citation

pho004504. Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada. PH-00071. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1qz22h0b.

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Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Extent
2174 x 1766 pixels
1.8117 x 1.4717 inches
3864432 bytes
Language

English

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