Dedications (Monuments, etc.)

View of the rostrum and guests at the dedication ceremony for the Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain in Washington, D.C. Pictured on rostrum: Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (front row, left); Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (front row, second from left). All others unidentified.

View of speakers and guests at the dedication ceremony for the Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain in Washington, D.C. Pictured, rostrum: Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (front row, left); Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (front row, second from left). All others unidentified.

View from the speakers' platform of the crowd of attendees at the Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain dedication ceremony. Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman is at the podium (back to camera). All others are unidentified.

An unidentified man speaks during the dedication ceremony for the Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain in Washington, D.C. Also pictured: Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (front row, left); Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (front row, second from left), and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Fred Vinson (front row, sixth from left). All others unidentified.

View of speakers and guests at the dedication for the Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain in Washington, D.C. Pictured, rostrum: Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (front row, left); Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (front row, second from left). All others unidentified.

Charles Hansen (left) and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman at the dedication of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Greeley, Colorado. Others in background unidentified.

An unidentified man flips the switch to turn on water to the Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain at the dedication ceremony. Standing next to him is Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Fred Vinson. (foreground, right). All others unidentified.

View of the first water flowing through the East Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel into the reservoir. Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman attended the dedication ceremony.

From left to right: Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus; Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Elizabeth (Mrs. Alva B.) Adams; Alva B. Adams, Jr.; and J. M. Dille, Secretary-Manager, Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District have a conversation near the East Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel in Colorado after its dedication ceremony. All others unidentified.

Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (left) speaks at a reception at Crags Hotel, Estes Park, Colorado after the dedication of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel. All others unidentified.