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Presidential Visit

Washington State University Libraries

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Title Presidential Visit
Description President Franklin Delano Roosevelt being shown the points of interest by Mr. F. A. Banks, Construction Engineer, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, on the occasion of the President's second visit to Grand Coulee Dam, on Oct. 2, 1937. At that time the President took the opportunity to give the following appraisal of the Columbia Basin Project: "Coming back to Grand Coulee after 3 years I am made very happy by the wonderful progress I have seen. We look forward not only to the great good this will... Frank A. Banks and President Roosevelt Survey the Grand Coulee Dam Construction Site
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Photographer Unknown
Creator Clifford R. Koester
Subject Banks, Frank Arthur (Construction Engineer), 1883-1957; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (President of the United States, 1933-1945), 1882-1945 Presidential Visits--President Franklin D. Roosevelt (U.S.A.)
Type Photographs
Coverage United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site, Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Identifier 709b1v1px.jpg http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/koester,712
Date 10/2/1937 2008
Publisher Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/masc.htm
Source A History of the Columbia Basin Project (Vol. 1, Page x)-Cage 709: Clifford R. Koester Papers, 1927-1972: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/finders/cg709.htm
Rights To order a reproduction please see: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/policies.htm , or contact Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections: (509) 335-6691. For permission to publish please contact Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections: (509) 335-6691.
Format Original photographic prints were scanned at 24 bit 3000 pixels by the long side for master TIFF files on an Plustek OpticBook 3600 Plus. Also, 24 bit 150 PPI JPEGs were created with the OpticBook 3600 Plus and added to the CONTENTdm database at the WSU Libraries
Language English

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