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Photograph of Lake Mead at base of Lost City restorations, Nevada, 1939
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Water from Lake Mead undermining a wall in the restored Lost City.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "1939- Water of rising Lake Mead laps at base of Lost City restorations."
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Photograph of water seeping into restored pit and dwellings of Lost City, Nevada, 1939
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Pithouse in the Lost City restorations undermined by rising Lake Mead water.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "(1939) Seeping water from rising Lake Mead undermines pit and dwellings."
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Photograph of Lost City restorations and Lake Mead, northward direction, Nevada, 1939
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The Lost City restorations nearly surrounded by the waters of Lake Mead.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Lost City Restorations and Lake Mead. (1939)"
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Photograph of a water wheel in the Muddy River near Logandale, Nevada, after 1936
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Man standing next to a water wheel in the Muddy River near Logandale, Nevada.
Transcribed Notes: Tramscribed from photo sleeve: "Water wheel in the Muddy River near Logandale, Nevada. (Built in 1936)"
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Photograph of Elbert Edwards picking figs in St. Thomas, Nevada, June, 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Elbert Edwards picks figs from an orchard in St. Thomas, Nevada, while standing in the rising waters of Lake Mead.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Elbert Edwards picking figs from an orchard in St. Thomas, Nevada as the rising waters of Lake Mead cover the town. (ca. 1938-39)"
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Photograph of Elbert Edwards at Fort Callville, Nevada, circa 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Elbert Edwards standing on one of the walls of Fort Callville nearly surrounded by the rising waters of Lake Mead.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Elbert Edwards at the ruins of Fort Callville as the waters of Lake Mead rise to cover them. (ca. 1938-39)"
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Photograph of a party of salvagers, St. Thomas, Nevada, June, 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
A group of men dismantling a house and loading the fruits of their labors on a truck. The waters of the rising Lake Mead are in the foreground.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "a party of salvagers are almost too late in dismantling the last of the St. Thomas residences. (c. 1942) (photo by E. Edwards)"
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Photograph of the top of the St. Thomas, Nevada school, Lake Mead, circa June, 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The remains of the St. Thomas school building about to disappear under the waters of Lake Mead.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "The last of a once modern high school building (St. Thomas) about to disappear forever."
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Photograph of a Union Pacific Railroad crew dismantling the St. Thomas rail spur, Nevada, circa 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The Union Pacific Railroad sends a wrecking crew into the St. Thomas area to reclaim several miles of branch line.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Even the Union Pacific Railway hurriedly sends a wrecking crew into the area to reclaim several miles of branch line that would otherwise wind up along the lake bottom."
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Photograph of St. Thomas, Nevada ruins and Lake Mead, circa July, 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The remains of a house in St. Thomas being covered by water.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Ruins of the town of St. Thomas as waters of Lake Mead rise."
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