Abstract
The Ernest Mitchell Pratt Photographs (approximately 1932-1936) consist of black-and-white photographic prints, signed and unsigned, taken by Pratt while Hoover Dam was under construction. Many prints are signed and mounted, and two are noted as award-winning photographs shown at the Annual International Salon of Camera Pictorialists in Los Angeles, California. There are additional working prints included alongside the final prints for most of the scenes. Also included in the collection is one small photograph of Pratt. This collection was formerly known as the Price Photograph Collection.
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The Ernest Mitchell Pratt Photographs (approximately 1932-1936) consist of black-and-white photographic prints, signed and unsigned, taken by Pratt while Hoover Dam was under construction. Many prints are signed and mounted, and two are noted as award-winning photographs shown at the Annual International Salon of Camera Pictorialists in Los Angeles, California. There are additional working prints included alongside the final prints for most of the scenes. Also included in the collection is one small photograph of Pratt. This collection was formerly known as the Price Photograph Collection.
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Arrangement
Materials are grouped by scene.
Biographical / Historical Note
Ernest Mitchell Pratt was born on April 24, 1876 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a commercial photographer and pictoralist in California. He also photographed the construction of the Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) on the Arizona and Nevada border. Pratt died on August 23, 1945 in Los Angeles, California.
Source:
Ernest Mitchell Pratt Collection of Photographs (Collection 1217). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Preferred Citation
Ernest Mitchell Pratt Photographs, approximately 1932-1936. PH-00206. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f1jd53
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated in 1975 by Barbara Price; accession number 75-345.
Processing Note
In 2020, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Ryan DiPaolo wrote the finding aid and entered the data into ArchivesSpace. In 2024, Sarah Jones de-framed 5 photographs hanging in the reading room, grouped the photographs by scene, rehoused the material, and updated the inventory in ArchivesSpace.