Hoover Dam: The Photographs of Ben Glaha

by Barbara Vilander and Ben D. Glaha

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816516944
• ISBN13: 9780816516940
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.4" x 10.3"