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Film transparency of a postcard showing a boat transporting gold ore on Lake Mead, circa late 1930s

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Creator

Creator: Frashers Inc.

Date

1935 to 1939

Description

An image of a mining building and a boat on Lake Mead. Gold ore claims were made near the northern shores of Lake Mead in the late 1930s, after the completion of Hoover Dam. Shipments of ore were towed down Lake Mead by barge for railroad transport. Text on bottom of image reads: "First load of gold ore to be transported on Boulder Lake by barge." Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

Digital ID

pho003086

Physical Identifier

0100_3351
Details

Citation

pho003086. 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/d1gc5w.

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Digital Provenance

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

Extent

2918 x 1942 pixels
1.3895 x 0.9248 inches
17026246 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

image/tiff