Name/Title
Hoover Dam construction: contract signing April 11, 1931Entry/Object ID
0002:1573Description
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 1931Collection
Bureau of Reclamation, Six Companies Inc., UNLV Library, Hoover Dam Construction, Lake Eglington CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Lake EglingtonRole
PhotographerDate made
Apr 11, 1931 - Apr 11, 1931Notes
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, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Elwood MeadOther Names and Numbers
Other Number
Negative No.: See # 0020 0036 for identDimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: (8 x 10)Location
Location
* Untyped Location
Research Room, Photo Drawer 4Date
August 28, 2026Inventory
Inventoried By
Brandy CarlinInventoried Date
Oct 12, 2026Notes
Digitized Photo BCHDDARPPC00021573Provenance
Notes
UNLS Photo Eglington Collection 0010:0071General Notes
Note
Negative Location: N/A
Notes: N/A
Negative# Overflow: See # 0020 0036 for identification (?)
June 2015 PastPerfect ConversionCreate Date
November 30, 2020Update Date
October 12, 2026