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Photograph of water seeping into restored pit and dwellings of Lost City, Nevada, 1939

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Title Photograph of water seeping into restored pit and dwellings of Lost City, Nevada, 1939
Description Pithouse in the Lost City restorations undermined by rising Lake Mead water. Transcribed from photo sleeve: "(1939) Seeping water from rising Lake Mead undermines pit and dwellings."
Source 0214:0145 Elbert Edwards Photo Collection;
Date 1939
Coverage Moapa Valley; Mead, Lake; Lost City; Overton; Clark Nevada; United States;
Subject Adobe houses; Floods; Pueblo Indians; Nevada--Moapa Valley; Reservoirs; Excavations (Archaeology)--Conservation and restoration;
Type Still Image;
Language eng
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Format image/tiff 8.02 x5.18 inches
Publisher University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries
Identifier http://digital.library.unlv.edu:81/u?/hln,107

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