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Postcard of Lake Mead flowing over Hoover Dam spillway gates, circa late 1930s

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Date

1936 to 1939

Description

Painted postcard showing Lake Mead and Hoover (Boulder) Dam. Text on front of post card: "Lake Mead Flowing over Spillway Gates, Boulder Dam." Text on back of post card: "The thundering roar of falling tons of water shakes the Black Canyon when Lake Mead flood waters hurtle over the spillway and down the great 50-food tunnels to the river bed below."

Digital ID

pho013999

Physical Identifier

0003_0055
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Citation

pho013999. Doris Hancock Photograph Collection. PH-00003. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1804xm9f.

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Digital Provenance

Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

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3326 x 2126 pixels
5.54 x 3.54 inches
21,214,108 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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image/tiff