Hoover Dam construction: contract signing April 11, 1931

Photograph

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Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

0002:1573: Hoover Dam construction: contract signing: "R. F. Walter signing with Six Companies Inc. contract for construction of Hoover Dam. In the office of Boulder Canyon Project Construction Engineer Walker Young, [Berkeley building, Las Vegas], 11:50 a. m., April 11, 1931. [standing, far back, Left to Right: Walker R. Young, Construction Engineer; A. B. Apperson, Capitalist; Cecil W. Creel, Director of Extension, University of Nevada; J. A. McEachern, President General Construction Co., Seattle; John C. Page, Office Engineer, Boulder Canyon Project; A. E. Cahlan, Editor, Las Vegas Review-Journal; George W. Malone, State Engineer of Nevada; Louis C. Cramton, Special Attorney to the Secretary of the Interior; Charles P. Squirres, Editor of The Age, Las Vegas; P. W. Dent, Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation; R. J. Coffey, District Counsel, Bureau of Reclamation. Standing, front row, Left to Right: Earle R. Mills, Chief Clerk, Boulder Canyon Project; A. E. Cahlan; John C. Page; O. W. Yates, President Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce; Walker R. Young; Charles A. Dobbel, Executive Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior; Louis C. Cramton; J. R. Alexander, District Counsel, Bureau of Reclamation; George W. Malone; S. L. Gillian, President Engineers Club, Los Angeles; Myron C. Burr; Fred Hesse, Mayor of Las Vegas; Charles P. Squirres.] [Lake-Eglington Collection No. 0010 0071] [UNLV Library - Special Collections Department] [New Reclamation Era, V. 22:5, May 1931]
0002:1573

Hoover Dam construction: contract signing: "R. F. Walter signing with Six Companies Inc. contract for construction of Hoover Dam. In the office of Boulder Canyon Project Construction Engineer Walker Young, [Berkeley building, Las Vegas], 11:50 a. m., April 11, 1931. [standing, far back, Left to Right: Walker R. Young, Construction Engineer; A. B. Apperson, Capitalist; Cecil W. Creel, Director of Extension, University of Nevada; J. A. McEachern, President General Construction Co., Seattle; John C. Page, Office Engineer, Boulder Canyon Project; A. E. Cahlan, Editor, Las Vegas Review-Journal; George W. Malone, State Engineer of Nevada; Louis C. Cramton, Special Attorney to the Secretary of the Interior; Charles P. Squirres, Editor of The Age, Las Vegas; P. W. Dent, Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation; R. J. Coffey, District Counsel, Bureau of Reclamation. Standing, front row, Left to Right: Earle R. Mills, Chief Clerk, Boulder Canyon Project; A. E. Cahlan; John C. Page; O. W. Yates, President Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce; Walker R. Young; Charles A. Dobbel, Executive Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior; Louis C. Cramton; J. R. Alexander, District Counsel, Bureau of Reclamation; George W. Malone; S. L. Gillian, President Engineers Club, Los Angeles; Myron C. Burr; Fred Hesse, Mayor of Las Vegas; Charles P. Squirres.] [Lake-Eglington Collection No. 0010 0071] [UNLV Library - Special Collections Department] [New Reclamation Era, V. 22:5, May 1931]

Name/Title

Hoover Dam construction: contract signing April 11, 1931

Entry/Object ID

0002:1573

Description

Hoover Dam construction: contract signing: "R. F. Walter signing with Six Companies Inc. contract for construction of Hoover Dam. In the office of Boulder Canyon Project Construction Engineer Walker Young, [Berkeley building, Las Vegas], 11:50 a. m., April 11, 1931; standing, far back, Left to Right: Walker R. Young, Construction Engineer; A. B. Apperson, Capitalist; Cecil W. Creel, Director of Extension, University of Nevada; J. A. McEachern, President General Construction Co., Seattle; John C. Page, Office Engineer, Boulder Canyon Project; A. E. Cahlan, Editor, Las Vegas Review-Journal; George W. Malone, State Engineer of Nevada; Louis C. Cramton, Special Attorney to the Secretary of the Interior; Charles P. Squirres, Editor of The Age, Las Vegas; P. W. Dent, Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation; R. J. Coffey, District Counsel, Bureau of Reclamation. Standing, front row, Left to Right: Earle R. Mills, Chief Clerk, Boulder Canyon Project; A. E. Cahlan; John C. Page; O. W. Yates, President Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce; Walker R. Young; Charles A. Dobbel, Executive Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior; Louis C. Cramton; J. R. Alexander, District Counsel, Bureau of Reclamation; George W. Malone; S. L. Gillian, President Engineers Club, Los Angeles; Myron C. Burr; Fred Hesse, Mayor of Las Vegas; Charles P. Squirres; Lake-Eglington Collection No. 0010 0071; UNLV Library - Special Collections Department; New Reclamation Era, V. 22:5, May 1931

Collection

Bureau of Reclamation, Six Companies Inc., UNLV Library, Hoover Dam Construction, Lake Eglington Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Lake Eglington

Role

Photographer

Date made

Apr 11, 1931 - Apr 11, 1931

Notes

Original or Negative: Original [Lake-Eglington Collection No. 0010 0071] [UNLV Library - Special Collections Department] [New Reclamation Era, V. 22:5, May 1931]

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Elwood Mead

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Negative No.: See # 0020 0036 for ident

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: (8 x 10)

Provenance

Notes

UNLS Photo Eglington Collection 0010:0071

General Notes

Note

Negative Location: N/A Notes: N/A Negative# Overflow: See # 0020 0036 for identification (?) June 2015 PastPerfect Conversion

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Create Date

November 30, 2020

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Update Date

January 5, 2026