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Photograph of the signing of the Six Companies contract, Las Vegas, April 1931

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Date
1931-04
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). Henry J. Kaiser is seated, signing the contract. Standing at the second spot from the left is Al Cahlan, Las Vegas Review Journal Managing Editor. Standing at the far right is Charles P. "Pop" Squires. Also identified in the photograph (in no particular order) are W.R. Armstrong, Walker J. Young (Bureau of Reclamation Engineer), R.F. Walter, and Louis Crampton.
Digital ID
pho004868
Physical Identifier
0010_0071
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d14b2x47n
Details
Subject
Men
Kaiser, Henry J., 1882-1967
Cahlan, Albert Edmunds
Squires, Charles Pember
Armstrong, W. R.
Young, Walker R.
Walter, R. F.
Crampton, Louis
Six Companies
United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Contracts
Public officers
Men
People
Businesspeople
Place
Hoover Dam
Resource Type
Still Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Signing of Six Companies Contract, undated
Citation

pho004868. Lake-Eglington Family Photograph Collection. PH-00010. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d14b2x47n.

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Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Extent
4974 x 2696 pixels
8.29 x 4.4933 inches
40253244 bytes
Language

English

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