Dr. Elwood Mead – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Dr. Elwood Mead, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Dr. Elwood Mead
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Elwood Mead, the engineer who led the federal Bureau of Reclamation from 1924 to 1936, is the subject of this portrait, which the record dates to July 24, 1928. Mead spent his career on western water, first as a state engineer in California and later overseeing the federal irrigation program that built dams and canals across the arid West. The studio credit, Underwood & Underwood, points to a commercial firm known for its press and studio portraits of public figures in the early twentieth century. The reservoir behind Hoover Dam was later named Lake Mead in his honor. The date and other caption details come from an unverified card, so they are worth checking against other sources.
| Created / published | 1928 July 24. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint by Underwood & Underwood. No. 65098. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Ph. Ind. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,080 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-156207 |
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