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National Anthropological Archives
Walter J. Lubken photographs of the Salt River, Rio Grande, and Yuma Projects
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.87-2H
- Creators:
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Lubken, Walter J., 1881-1960
- Dates:
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circa 1904-1906
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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19 Printssilver gelatin2 Printsalbumen
- Repository:
Scope and Contents note
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
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.
Administration
Author
Sarah Ganderup
Existence and Location of Copies note
Digital surrogate for one image is available.
Custodial History note
This collection was found in 1972, along with other collections in Photo Lot 87-2, as something which had been set aside as a "problem collection," though this may only reflect that was unprocessed.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use note
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Preferred Citation note
Photo lot 87-2H, Walter J. Lubken photographs of the Salt River, Rio Grande, and Yuma Projects, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Location of Other Archival Materials
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.
Location of Other Archival Materials
The National Archives and Records Administration and the Sharlot Hall Museum hold photographs by Lubken.
Contained in
Contained in
Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology photograph collections, undated
More Information
Local Call Number(s)
Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 87-2H
Addl. KW Subj
Addl. KW Subj
White Mountain
Keywords
National Anthropological Archives
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