96 original photographs, all but 8 (which are loose) are mounted to the pages within a photograph album. Each is 2¾x4½ (or the reverse), with some that are smaller, and all but the last five pages contain period captions, lettered in white on the black paper beneath every photograph. * Included in the lot is the Vest Pocket Kodak Model B single lens camera that took the snapshots within this album. Complete in its original case with leather strap, and handbook. It does not function. * Also included is a framed commercially photographed print of the nearly completed dam.

The Salt Springs Dam, in Amador and Calaveras Counties, was completed in 1931. The photographs within document the beginning of the process such as shoveling, images of camp, the dam face in Dec. and Feb. 1929, Crusher plant, a well drill, and the quarry. Also includes a nice selection of the photographer's leisurely pursuits, or just plain appreciation of the scenery. Included are many images of snow-trapped vehicles and buildings, as well as Moklumne river, fishing and swimming, deer, flowers and snakes. This lot of materials is consigned by the descendant of someone on-site during the construction of the dam.