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Postcard of Boulder Canyon, circa 1930s

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Creator

Creator: Oakes Photo

Date

1930 to 1935

Description

An artist's rendering of Boulder Canyon. Text printed on front of postcard: "Looking downstream in Boulder Canyon at Hoover Dam site near Las Vegas, Nevada." Text printed on back of postcard: "The Hoover Dam site is 32 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. Work is rapidly progressing on this tremendous project. The dam will be 727 feet high--the gorge is 290 feet wide at the river The dam site is in this narrow gorge, where the river disappears around the bend."

Digital ID

pho013858

Physical Identifier

0001_0052
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    Citation

    pho013858. Ferron and Bracken Photograph Collection. PH-00001. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1pv6b88j.

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

    Extent

    3396 x 2210 pixels
    5.66 x 3.68 inches
    22,516,360 bytes

    Language

    English

    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

    Format

    image/tiff