Record Details
Hoover Dam -- retouched photo
UNLV Digital Collections
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Hoover Dam -- retouched photo |
| Publisher | University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries |
| Date | 1935?-1939? |
| Description | View of Hoover Dam and surrounding area with Fortification Hill in the background. This is a postcard with the following printed on the front: "This is an actual photo of the retouched photograph from which engraving for the Boulder Dam stamp was made. Original valued at $1600.00." The postage stamp itself is pictured in the upper right hand corner of the postcard. Photo shows the portals to the diversion tunnels, the power houses, the downstream face, the Colorado River, and Lake Mead... |
| Subject | Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Panoramic views; Fortification Hill (Ariz.); Diversion tunnels; Power houses; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Mead, Lake (Ariz. and Nev.); Reservoirs ; Postage stamps Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; Tunnels; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); |
| Format | image/jp2 1640 KB |
| Type | Still Image |
| Relation | http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/dig,8 |
| Rights | Not to be reporduced without permission. To purchase copies of images and/or for copyright information, contact University of nevada, Las Vegas Libraries, Special Collections at: http://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/ |
| Identifier | http://digital.library.unlv.edu:81/u?/lv_water,958 |
