Dominick, Peter H. (Peter Hoyt), 1915-1981

Abstract Congressman Dominick (R-Colo.) stands next to a unidentified employee of the Coors Porcelain Company as the employee prepares to present the Coors Porcelain Furnace to an unidentified representative of the Smithsonian Institution. The three men are standing in front of an apothecary display in the Arts & Industries Building (A&I Building), where the Smithsonian's collections in engineering and ceramics were housed before the National Museum of History and Technology opened in...

Abstract Congressman Dominick (R-Colo.) stands with other members of Colorado's congressional delegation in an unidentified location. The congressmen all hold frying pans to signify passage of Public Law 87-590 (77 Stat. 393) in August, 1962, which authorized the construction of the Frying Pan-Arkansas water reclamation project. The project, which is overseen by the United States Department of Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, created a transmountain, transbasin diversion of water from the Frying Pan...

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Congressman Dominick (R-Colo.) listens as an unidentified telecommunications company executive reviews details of a global satellite communications system following hearings before the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Congress passed the Communications Satellite Act in 1962, which created the Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT). COMSAT used artificial satellites to establish a commercial system of global communication.

Abstract Congressman Dominick (R-Colo.), dressed in a tuxedo, stands behind a podium as he delivers a speech at the NDTA dinner in New York in May, 1961. His wife, Nancy P. Dominick, is seated on his left. The National Defense Transportation Association's members are civilian and military organizations and individuals whose mission is to work together to create a strong transportation and distribution system in the United States. Rep. Dominick was responsible for legislation promoting commerce when...

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Congressmen Peter Dominick (R-Colo.) and J. Edgar Chenoweth (R-Colo.) stand on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. with the Thomas Stjernholm family. The Stjernholm family includes two boys and a girl.

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Series 10 of 11 Includes foreign relations trip materials, newsletters, radio scripts, press releases, weekly reports, and audio and video tapes.

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Bud Wilkinson (center) talks with Sen. Allott (R-Colo.), who is on his right, and Sen. Dominick (R-Colo.) during the Republican National Convention in San Francisco, California. Mr. Wilkinson, the former head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners college football team, addressed the convention on Tuesday, July 14th, 1964. He ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate as a Republican from Oklahoma in 1964.

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Robert M. Gjonovich, District President of the National Association of Post Office and General Services Maintenance Employees (NAPOGSME) presents Sen. Dominick with a plaque from members of the labor union as Ross Messer and Edward Diekemper look on. Senator Dominick served on the U.S. Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee from January 15, 1965 to January 3, 1975.

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Sen. Peter Dominick (R-Colo.) and U.S. Air Force General LeMay stand together during a break in the meeting of the 9999th Air Force Reserve Squadron in Washington, D.C. The air reserve unit was organized on Capitol Hill in 1961 by Senator Barry M. Goldwater and was made up of members of Congress and their staff who were Air Force Reserve Officers. The group held meetings once a week on Capitol Hill.

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Senator Young, Senator Cannon, Senator Dominick and Lieutenant General Moorman stand next to the Eagle and Fledglings statue on the campus of the U. S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The plaque at the base of the statue reads Presented by Members of the Air Training Command, 1958. The academy's permanent campus opened at this site in 1958. The Cadet Chapel, a National Historic Landmark, and the Rampart Range of the Colorado Rocky Mountains can be seen in the background.