Westinghouse Philippines Power Mission Photograph Album
name: label: Creator
content: Quick, Ray
label: Creator
content: Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
label: Creator
content: Quick, Glorene
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
place: label: Place
content: Philippines
label: Place
content: Guam
topic: label: Topic
content: Mills and mill-work
label: Topic
content: Power stations
label: Topic
content: Bridges -- Philippines
label: Topic
content: Rice paddies
label: Topic
content: Electricity -- Philippines
label: Topic
content: Volcanoes
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated by Ray Quick's wife, Glorene Quick, to the National Museum of American History's Division of Mechanical Engineering in 1978.
creator: label: Creator
content: Quick, Ray
label: Creator
content: Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
label: Creator
content: Quick, Glorene
abstract: label: Summary
content: Photographs that document Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing employee Ray Quick's travels to the Philippines and Guam to explore the power potential of the islands.
bioghist: label: Biographical
content: Ray Quick, an employee of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, explored the power potential of the Philippines between May 28 and July 8, 1947.  The company was founded by George Westinghouse in 1886 and pioneered long-distance power transmission.  Quick died on October 5, 1976.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1947
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The collection was transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Mechanical Engineering (now Division of Work and Industry), 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1035
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection is arranged in one series.

Series 1: Photograph Album, 1947
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Kiley Orchard, intern, 2008; supervised by Vanessa Broussard- Simmons, archivist, 2008.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: This collection consists of 150 photographs assembled by Ray Quick, arranged in the form of a travelogue.  They document Quick's travels to the Philippines in 1947 to determine if Westinghouse Power could bring electricity to the islands.  Most of the images are group portraits or landscape scenes, as well as American graves and sunken ships.  Places featured include Corregidor, Guam, Itogon Trail, La Guardia Airport, and Manila Bay.  There are also photographs of the Philippines National Power Company in Luzon.  The photographs are captioned.