Walter J. Lubken’s Photographs of the Salt River Valley

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Phoenix, early 1900s. Do those mountains look familiar?

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United States Reclamation Service Automobile in Front of Adams Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona, taken in 1907.

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Building the Roosevelt School, exact date unknown.

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Boating on the Salt River, taken Oct. 20, 1906.

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Agricultural equipment, 1905.

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People arriving at Roosevelt Dam, taken in 1911.

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Men working on the Apache Trail, now known as State Route 88.

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18 men hold tight to a skip cable car in 1908.

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Donkeys out for a stroll on the banks of Tonto Reservoir, Jan. 20, 1909.

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Roosevelt dam, just after completion. Taken Feb. 28, 1911.

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