The Walter
Leroy Huber collection contains over 4,000 photographs. Most of the
images were taken by Huber himself and document the many water projects
he was involved in throughout California and the West. The photographs
are divided into two separate collections. Approximately 2,500 photographs
are incorporated into the main Huber collection (call number HUBER).
These photos are grouped together by region or topic (e.g., hydraulic structures in Inyo and Mono Counties, or the St. Francis Dam failure) and have collection-level records on Melvyl.
The rest of the photographs are organized in a separate collection (call
number MS 76/14) and are filed by Huber's own numbers. WRCA has
an indexed item-level finding guide to this collection available in the
library. The collection is also searchable via the Online
Archive of California.
Click on an image to view a larger version (when available).
Dam site at Saddlebag Lake, Sept. 1917
Rush Creek, Sept. 1917
Grant Lake Dam, Sept. 14, 1932
Mt. Dana from Saddlebag Lake Road, Sept. 5, 1939
Tioga Road, below Rhinedollar Dam, Sept. 5, 1939
Gem Lake Dam, n.d.
More examples from the Huber Photograph Collection are available on WRCA's virtual exhibit, Liquid Gold