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Eugene Clyde La Rue photographs
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A collection of photographs related to hydraulic engineering projects in the western United States, 1905-1940s. The majority of photographs were taken by Eugene C. La Rue during his career as an engineer and executive on major irrigation and dam projects, primarily in the Southwest. The bulk of the collection is six photograph albums of black and white snapshots with La Rue's typed captions, covering Colorado River surveys 1921-1923. Other images are stereographs, loose prints of various sizes, and a few mounted, oversize photographs. Subject matter includes: survey and project work on the Snake River (1905); Tule Lake (1920); Lafayette Dam and Reservoir (1928); Green and Colorado rivers (1921); Grand Canyon (1922-1923); Owens Valley, California (1931); and the lower Colorado River (1938). There is one folder of photographs by and of explorer Lewis R. Freeman, dating from the 1920s.
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Oversize photographs
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Individual prints of various subjects. Includes a panoramic group portrait of 26 men, all identified, with Eugene La Rue standing at center, 1915.
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Stereographs and miscellaneous notes
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Over 100 stereographic photographs, primarily of survey work on the Colorado River. Includes one folder of miscellaneous notes by La Rue.
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Photographs - Grand Canyon - Vol. 1 - Lee's Ferry to Bright Angel and Photographs - Grand Canyon - Vol. 2 - Bright Angel to Lava Falls
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Two albums of photographs with typed captions.
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Photographs of Canyons of Green and Colorado Rivers by E. C La Rue, Hydraulic engineer, U.S. Geological Survey [Volumes 1-2]
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Two albums of photographs with typed captions.
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Photographs - Grand Canyon - Vol. 3 - Lava Falls to Colorado River [1923] and Arizona: Colorado River Irrigation Projects Investigated by the Arizona Engineering Commission, 1922-1923, pictures by E. C. La Rue
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Two albums of photographs with typed captions.
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