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Contributing Institution:
University of California, Davis Library, Dept. of Special Collections
Title: William Clark Photograph Album
Creator:
Clark, William (railroad signalman)
Identifier/Call Number: MC331
Physical Description:
1 item
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.
Date (inclusive): 1920s
Abstract: A photographic album documenting the controversial construction of the dam at Hetch Hetchy in Yosemite Valley.
Physical Location: Researchers should contact Archives and Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Language of Material:
English
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William Clark was a railroad signalman in California in the early part of the 20th century.
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.
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Collection is open for research.
Liz Phillips created this finding aid with information supplied by Johnson Rare Books.
Purchased from Johnson Rare Books, 2021.
[Identification of item], William Clark Photograph Album, MC331, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University
of California, Davis.
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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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Hetch Hetchy Valley (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir (Calif.)
Dams -- California
Michael and Margaret B. Harrison Western Research Center
Clark, William (railroad signalman) -- Archives