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Photograph of Temple Bar, Lake Mead, circa 1935-1950

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Date

1935 to 1950

Description

The view of two men standing along the shore of Lake Mead as they gaze upon the rock formation Temple Bar, which is now under water. Created in the late 1930s when Hoover Dam was built atop of the Colorado River, Lake Mead is one of the largest man-made reservoirs in the United States at 112 miles long and 500 feet deep.

Digital ID

pho003203

Physical Identifier

0100_3027
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Citation

pho003203. L. F. Manis Photograph Collection. PH-00100. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1c29c.

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Digital Provenance

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

Extent

3956 x 2728 pixels
6.5933 x 4.5467 inches
32398222 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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image/tiff