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Postcard showing the Grand Canyon, Lake Mead, circa 1934-1950s

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Date

1934 to 1959

Description

An image of an entrance to the Grand Canyon from Lake Mead, with the entrance itself located above the Hoover Dam. Transcribed onto the bottom of the image: "The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River (Lake Mead entrance above Boulder Dam)." Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947. Also, the image itself is stained with brown splotches that are spewed across the face of the photograph.

Digital ID

pho001663

Physical Identifier

0100_1224
Details

Citation

pho001663. 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/d1v81r.

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Digital Provenance

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

Extent

3421 x 2256 pixels
5.7017 x 3.76 inches
23177466 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

image/tiff