William Clark Photograph Album, 1920s
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Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Clark, William (railroad signalman)
- Abstract:
- A photographic album documenting the controversial construction of the dam at Hetch Hetchy in Yosemite Valley.
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], William Clark Photograph Album, MC331, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.
Background
- Scope and content:
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A photographic album documenting the controversial construction of the dam at Hetch Hetchy in Yosemite Valley. The album was created by William Clark, a railroad signalman who worked on the project in the 1920s. The album contains 79 black and white photographs, showing blasting at the site and workers laboring on the dam, as well as large trees being moved out of the valley on trains. The Hetch Hetchy Valley lies in the north-western part of Yosemite National Park and is drained by the Tuolumne River. Other photographs in the album include an exterior image of the famed Hotel Wawona and four images of airplanes, including the Spirit of St. Louis, Charles Lindbergh's monoplane, which he flew nonstop from New York to Paris in 1927. Lindbergh made a stop at Yosemite Park in 1927 as part of a seven-hour flight between Reno and Los Angeles on September 20, 1927.
[Description provided by Johnson Rare Books]
- Biographical / historical:
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William Clark was a railroad signalman in California in the early part of the 20th century.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from Johnson Rare Books, 2021.
- Processing information:
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Liz Phillips created this finding aid with information supplied by Johnson Rare Books.
- Physical location:
- Researchers should contact Archives and Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
- Physical facet:
- Brown leather photo album stamped "San Francisco" on the front and bound with ties. Affixed to the front pastedown of the album is Clark's signalman card. Most of the photographs measure 4 x 3 inches and are pasted on black paper album leaves, with some few affixed with photo corners.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], William Clark Photograph Album, MC331, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library100 NW QuadDavis, CA 95616-5292, US
- Contact:
- (530) 752-1621