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Photograph of a car driving on a flooded dirt road, St. Thomas (Nevada), 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
A view of the old Chadburn Place in St. Thomas and a car on a road that is being covered by water from Lake Mead
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "St. Thomas - The old Chadburn place - 1938"
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Photograph of two women and a rowboat, St. Thomas, 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Two women standing near a row boat in the middle of St. Thomas as it is being covered by Lake Mead
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Photograph of a couple standing next to a car on a flooded road, St. Thomas, 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
A man and woman standing near a car on a road that is being covered by the waters of Lake Mead
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Photograph of excavations in process at the Lost City near St. Thomas, Nevada, circa 1925
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from handwritten inscription by D. Hancock on back of postcard: "This shows some of the excavators at work at the Buried City or 'Lost City' as it is sometimes called. This is near St. Thomas if you wish to look up its approximate location on the map. It was here I went last Spring on one of my trips."
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Photograph of a car ferry crossing the Colorado River to the Arizona highway, circa 1926-1928
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Ferry that carried cars and people across the Colorado River to the Arizona highway
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "The ferry which takes cars across to the Arizona highway. It is run by cables. This was taken about 1926 - or maybe 1928. I'm not sure which. The motor was a Jim Cashman truck motor."
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Panoramic photograph of Fortification Hill across the Colorado River, circa 1924
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Fortification Hill near the Colorado River
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "About 1924. The Colorado River before the Dam, above where Hoover Dam is now (1963)"
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Postcard showing a visualized Las Vegas after completion of the Hoover Dam, circa 1930
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Postcard depicting an aerial view of the Las Vegas area as envisioned after the completion of Hoover Dam
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from front of postcard: "Visualization of the Las Vegas District, Clark County Nevada, after completion of the Boulder Dam on the Colorado River Black Canyon Site"
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Postcard showing the Lake Mead boat landing at the Boulder Dam National Recreation Area, circa 1940
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Postcard depicting the boat landing at Hemenway Wash on Lake Mead
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from front of postcard: "Lake Mead Boat Landing, Boulder Dam, near Boulder City, Nevada. Boulder Dam National Recreational Area"
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