Record Details
Hoover Dam -- postcard
UNLV Digital Collections
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Hoover Dam -- postcard |
| Creator | Boulder Dam Service Bureau |
| Publisher | University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries |
| Date | 1935? |
| Description | Postcard showing aerial view of Hoover Dam and the surrounding area. This is a photo of the area surrounding the dam with an artist's rendering of the dam, Lake Mead (the reservoir), and the Colorado River superimposed on the photo. Fortification Hill is visible in the background. Printed words on the front of the postcard say: " Boulder Dam; Height 727' above bed rock; thickness 660' at base, 45' at crest, crest length 1,180', installed cpacity of power plant, 1, 836,000 horse power". |
| Subject | Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Aerial views; Postcards; Fortification Hill (Ariz.); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Mead, Lake (Ariz. and Nev.); Reservoirs Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Design and construction; |
| Format | image/jp2 1681 KB |
| Type | Still Image |
| Relation | http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/dig,8 |
| Rights | Not to be reproduced 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,1026 |
