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

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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
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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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Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

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2793 x 1894 pixels
1.33 x 0.9019 inches
15894618 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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image/tiff