Engineering Feats., 01/01/1915-01/01/1925
Series-level Scope and Content Note
Photographs collected by Cornelius Van H. Engert.
Dates
- 01/01/1915-01/01/1925
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Extent
From the Collection: 12 Linear Feet (12 Hollinger Record Storage boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Container Summary
4 propaganda photographs of American engineering feats with captions, including the Roosevelt Dam, Tahaehapi LoopMission of San Juan Baptista, and the Southern Pacific Railway in Nevada.
Subjects and Associated Physical Materials
UNITED STATES (1915-25?) - ENGINEERING FEATS - PHOTOGRAPHS: Photograph
ROOSEVELT DAM (1915-25) - PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph
TAHAEPI LOOP - PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph
MISSION OF SAN JUAN BAPTISTA (1915-25) - PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY (1915-25) - PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph
NEVADA - SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY (1915-25) - PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph
Creator
- From the Collection: Engert, Cornelius Van Hemert, 1887-1985 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
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