[President Dallin H. Oaks rides a scraper pulled by a team of giant Clydesdale to break ground of the new Centennial Carillon Tower, February 13, 1975]

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Call Number	UAP 2 Folder 344
Photographer	Unknown
Title	[President Dallin H. Oaks rides a scraper pulled by a team of giant Clydesdale to break ground of the new Centennial Carillon Tower, February 13, 1975]
Description	On February 13, 1975, dressed in nineteenth century costume, President Dallin H. Oaks rode on a scraper and drove a team of giant Clydesdale horses to break ground for the new Centennial Carillon Tower. Provo Mayor Russell Grange, Dr. Lorin F. Wheelwright (assistant to the president and director of the BYU Centennial celebration), and others tried their hand at the vanishing method of earth removal. Present also were Fred Markham (architect) and a representative of Paulson Construction Company, contractors for the project.
Edition	Electronic reproduction;
Publisher Original	Brigham Young University
Date Original	1975-02-13
Date of Photographic Print	ca. 1975
Publisher Digital	Brigham Young University
Date Digital	2005-01
Physical Description	Gelatin Silver; 23.9 x 16.3 cm. (9 7/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
Medium	Gelatin Silver
Dimensions	23.9 x 16.3 cm. (9 7/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
Holding.Institution (Owning Institution)	Brigham Young University
Subject	Oaks, Dallin H.--Photographs Brigham Young University--Centennial celebrations, etc. Rites and ceremonies
Personal Names	Oaks, Dallin H.--Photographs
Topics	Brigham Young University--Centennial celebrations, etc. Rites and ceremonies
Geographic Place Names	Provo (Utah)
Subject Category	Brigham Young University--History
Building	Centennial Carillon Tower (Provo, Utah)
Genre	Photographs Portraits
Historic Time Frame	Oaks Era 1971-1975
Citation	Brigham Young University : 1000 views of 100 years, 344 bottom
Relation (Collection)	BYU Photographs 1000 Views for 100 Years
Provenance	The Brigham Young University Archives at the L. Tom Perry Special Collections in the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University.
Rights (Patron Usage...)	http://www.lib.byu.edu/sc_copyright.html
Type	image
Format.Use (Format)	image/jpg
Identifier	UAP2_F344_p344bottom.jpg
File Size	5113.391 KB
SIRSI id	a2760331

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