Hoover Dam construction: contract signing April 18, 1931

0002:1574: Hoover Dam construction: contract signing: "Signing Contract with the Six Companies, Inc. Seated, R. F. Walter, Chief Engineer and Dr. Elwood Mead (with pen), Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation; Walker R. Young is standing far left, glasses." 4-18-31 [Courtesy of Union Pacific Railroad Neg. HD-332] [USBR photo/Copy Negative from Outside Collection]
0002:1574

Hoover Dam construction: contract signing: "Signing Contract with the Six Companies, Inc. Seated, R. F. Walter, Chief Engineer and Dr. Elwood Mead (with pen), Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation; Walker R. Young is standing far left, glasses." 4-18-31 [Courtesy of Union Pacific Railroad Neg. HD-332] [USBR photo/Copy Negative from Outside Collection]

Name/Title

Hoover Dam construction: contract signing April 18, 1931

Entry/Object ID

0002:1574

Description

Hoover Dam construction: contract signing: "Signing Contract with the Six Companies, Inc. Seated, R. F. Walter, Chief Engineer and Dr. Elwood Mead (with pen), Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation; Walker R. Young is standing far left, glasses." 4-18-31; Courtesy of Union Pacific Railroad Neg. HD-332; USBR photo/Copy Negative from Outside Collection

Collection

Hoover Dam Construction, Union Pacific Railroad, Bureau of Reclamation, Six Companies Inc.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Union Pacific Railroad Company

Role

Photographer

Date made

Apr 18, 1931 - Apr 18, 1931

Notes

Original or Negative: Original [Courtesy of Union Pacific Railroad Neg. HD-332] [USBR photo/Copy Negative from Outside Collection]

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, Walker Young, Hoover Dam

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Negative No.: N/A

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: (8 x 10)

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Research room

Date

January 5, 2026

Provenance

Notes

UNLS Photo Union Pacific Railroad Collection 0043:0332

General Notes

Note

Negative Location: N/A Notes: N/A June 2015 PastPerfect Conversion

Created By

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Create Date

November 30, 2020

Updated By

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Update Date

January 5, 2026