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Walter J. Lubken photographs of the Salt River, Rio Grande, and Yuma Projects

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Creator:
Lubken, Walter J., 1881-1960  Search this
Names:
Rio Grande Project (U.S.)  Search this
Salt River Project.  Search this
United States. Bureau of Reclamation  Search this
Yuma Project (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
19 Prints (silver gelatin)
2 Prints (albumen)
Culture:
White Mountain Apache  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this
Apache  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Prints
Photographs
Place:
Casa Grande (Ariz.)
Theodore Roosevelt Dam (Ariz.)
Mesilla Valley (N.M.)
Fort Selden (N.M.)
Date:
circa 1904-1906
Scope and Contents note:
Photographs made during the Rio Grande Project in New Mexico, Salt River Project in Arizona, and Yuma Project in Arizona and California. The collection includes images of scenery, roads and wagons, Apache workers, dams, farms, and remains of Fort Selden, Fort McRae, and Mesilla Jail. There are also two images, possibly not made by Lubken and probably made before 1900, of Casa Grande castle.
Biographical/Historical note:
Walter J. Lubken (1881–1960) was an official photographer for the United States Reclamation Service (now Bureau of Reclamation) from 1903 to 1917. While in this position, he documented irrigation projects in the American West. Lubken left the Reclamation Service and the photography profession in 1917, but returned to photograph the construction of the Hoover Dam (formerly Boulder Dam) in the 1930s.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 87-2H
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Additional photographs by Lubken can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 24 and the BAE historical negatives.
The National Archives and Records Administration and the Sharlot Hall Museum hold photographs by Lubken.
Contained in:
Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology photograph collections, undated
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo lot 87-2H, Walter J. Lubken photographs of the Salt River, Rio Grande, and Yuma Projects, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.87-2H
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3644621ca-567c-4f00-a6f0-66ecf334c327
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-87-2h