Dams

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.

Snapshot of a Douglas fir tree in the path of the claimant's ditch on a mining claim in an Oregon forest. From a series of photos relating to mining claims on Oregon & California Railroad lands in Oregon.

Snapshot showing the lower side of the dam shown in photo 2004-130. The dam is clogged with brush and debris. From a series of photos relating to mining claims on Oregon & California Railroad lands in Oregon.

Snapshot of the upper side of a claimant's dam on a mining claim in Oregon. From a series of photos relating to mining claims on Oregon & California Railroad lands in Oregon.

Snapshot of dam and diversion ditch in a forested area of a mining claim in Oregon. From a series of photos relating to mining claims on Oregon & California Railroad lands in Oregon.

Air view of Wilson Dam, the Tennessee Valley Authority's navigation and hydroelectric project on the Tennessee River at Muscle Shoals, Alabama.