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Photograph of cars overturned by a 4 mile cloudburst flood, circa 1931

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Title Photograph of cars overturned by a 4 mile cloudburst flood, circa 1931
Creator Davis, W. A.;
Description Car overturned by flood at 4-mile on the Boulder Highway, about 5 miles southeast of Las Vegas Handwritten collection note on back of photo: Cars overturned by cloudburst flood near wash by present-day Showboat. c. 1931-1932; Notes on photo sleeve: 'Photo taken at night with flash. Probably Chevrolet wrecked in flood in Vegas Wash. Water was 4 ft. deep on pavement.' (W.A. Davis, photographer)
Source 0123:0007 Ray Cutright Collection;
Date 1929; 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933
Coverage Las Vegas Wash; Clark; Nevada; United States;
Subject Floods; Flood damage; Roads; Automobiles;
Type Still Image;
Language eng
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Format image/tiff 7.05 x 5.12 inches
Publisher University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries
Identifier http://digital.library.unlv.edu:81/u?/hln,330

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