Dams

Governor Mon Wallgren of Washington (left), President Harry S. Truman (second from left), Frank Arthur Banks (third from left, Manager of the Columbia River District of the Bureau of Reclamation), and other unidentified men are shown standing before the Columbia River during President Truman's visit to the Grand Coulee Dam, a stop on his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman points to the Grand Coulee Dam as he, Washington Governor Mon Wallgren (center) and Manager of the Columbia River District of the Bureau of Reclamation Frank A. Banks (left) view the dam from a bridge. The Dam was a stop on Truman's presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

The First Family at the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington. Shown with them is Charles Ross, on the far left, talking to Margaret Truman, and Bess Truman in foreground. President Harry S. Truman is mostly obscured by Washington Governor Monrad Wallgren and Manager of the Columbia River District of the Bureau of Reclamation, Frank A. Banks. All have their backs to the camera. This was a stop on President Truman's trip to the West Coast. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (seated) starts activating a new generator at Grand Coulee Dam located on the Columbia River in the state of Washington by pushing a button on his desk in the Oval Office. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (sitting down) is pushing a button to start operation of a new generator at Grand Coulee Dam situated on the Columbia River in the state of Washington. He is shown at his desk in the Oval Office. Standing left to right: C. Girard Davidson, Assistant Secretary of the Interior; Julius A. Krug, Secretary of the Interior; and unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman seated at his desk in the Oval Office, preparing to press a button activating a new generator at Grand Coulee Dam. Also present are Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (foreground, right, standing next to Truman) and members of Congress from a number of Western states. Partial identification of others standing behind the president include: Washington Congressman Walter Horan (far left); Washington Congressman Hugh B.

An informal picture of the First Family at the Grand Coulee Dam. Shown with them is Charles Ross, on the far left, talking to Margaret Truman, and Bess Truman in foreground. President Harry S. Truman is mostly obscured by Washington Governor Monrad Wallgren and Manager of the Columbia River District of the Bureau of Reclamation Frank A. Banks. All have their backs to the camera. From: Charles Ross Papers, 12x18 Metal Album. (See also 2012-216)

Snapshot of France during World War I, probably taken by Eben Ayers who was stationed there one year. Brest. Penfield dam built by Americans.

President Harry S. Truman speaks from a platform filled with dignitaries during the dedication of the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kentucky Dam in Gilbertsville, Kentucky. The only identified persons are General Harry Vaughan (visible over Truman's right shoulder) and Press Secretary Charles Ross (visible behind Truman).

Snapshot taken in Korea of three American soldiers on a river bank in front of a dam. One soldier is using binoculars, and the two others are manning artillery. From: Brenda Thompson.