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- catalog abstract ""Hoover Dam was constructed during one of the most depressed economic climates in American history, in a remote desert canyon where temperatures ranged from single to triple digits. In order to visually document the project, the Bureau of Reclamation assigned employee Ben Glaha to photograph all aspects of the dam's construction. Glaha's photographs were used in press releases, periodicals, books, pamphlets, and slide shows to demonstrate that the dam was structurally sound and that government funds were being used wisely. Hoover Dam: The Photographs of Ben Glaha is the first detailed examination of Glaha's images of the project, some of which have never before been published."--Jacket. "Art historian Barbara Vilander's text places Glaha's efforts within the historical context of western landscape exploration and development and reveals how his particular qualifications led to his selection as the project photographer. Vilander then examines the many publications and venues in which the Bureau used Glaha's photographs to create support for the project. She also discusses how Glaha was recognized in his own era as an influential artist and teacher, and compares his work with that of other contemporary landscape photographers addressing western water management."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11486881.
- catalog contributor b11486882.
- catalog coverage "Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) Design and construction Pictorial works.".
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""Art historian Barbara Vilander's text places Glaha's efforts within the historical context of western landscape exploration and development and reveals how his particular qualifications led to his selection as the project photographer. Vilander then examines the many publications and venues in which the Bureau used Glaha's photographs to create support for the project. She also discusses how Glaha was recognized in his own era as an influential artist and teacher, and compares his work with that of other contemporary landscape photographers addressing western water management."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""Hoover Dam was constructed during one of the most depressed economic climates in American history, in a remote desert canyon where temperatures ranged from single to triple digits. In order to visually document the project, the Bureau of Reclamation assigned employee Ben Glaha to photograph all aspects of the dam's construction. Glaha's photographs were used in press releases, periodicals, books, pamphlets, and slide shows to demonstrate that the dam was structurally sound and that government funds were being used wisely. Hoover Dam: The Photographs of Ben Glaha is the first detailed examination of Glaha's images of the project, some of which have never before been published."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-158) and index.".
- catalog description "Photographs of Ben Glaha.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 169 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0816516944 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0816516952 (paper : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Tucson : University of Arizona Press,".
- catalog spatial "Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) Design and construction Pictorial works.".
- catalog subject "627.82/09791/59022 21".
- catalog subject "Glaha, Ben D., 1899-1970.".
- catalog subject "Photography in engineering.".
- catalog subject "TR702 .V55 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "Photographs of Ben Glaha.".
- catalog title "Hoover Dam : the photographs of Ben Glaha / Barbara Vilander.".
- catalog type "text".