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Lot of 2 unposted chrome postcards of Lake Mohave and Davis Dam on the Colorado River at the Arizona-Nevada border, Plastichrome by Colourpicture, published by Dick Parrish, Phoenix, Arizona. Standard 3.5 x 5.5 in. Both in good used condition with clean fronts and sharp color; each has a handwritten ink note on the back recalling a 1957 visit, and the Lake Mohave card has small adhesive or tape residue marks near the top of the back.
• Lake Mohave, Arizona, P20941 / T-101: the carved Lake Mohave Recreation Center sign (fishing, lodging, cafe, boating, camping, 3 miles, Katherine Ranger Station, Lake Mead National Recreation Area) beside the highway, with a vintage station wagon on the road and the lake beyond. Ink note: were here in 1957 to visit Harold with Buchanans.
• Davis Dam, P20945 / T-105: the dam with water pouring through the spillway gates. Back text gives the dam at 138 feet high with five generators. Ink note: were here with Harold and Buchanans in 1957, Harold worked close by.
A matched pair from the same publisher series, kept together with one family's notes.
• Lake Mohave, Arizona, P20941 / T-101: the carved Lake Mohave Recreation Center sign (fishing, lodging, cafe, boating, camping, 3 miles, Katherine Ranger Station, Lake Mead National Recreation Area) beside the highway, with a vintage station wagon on the road and the lake beyond. Ink note: were here in 1957 to visit Harold with Buchanans.
• Davis Dam, P20945 / T-105: the dam with water pouring through the spillway gates. Back text gives the dam at 138 feet high with five generators. Ink note: were here with Harold and Buchanans in 1957, Harold worked close by.
A matched pair from the same publisher series, kept together with one family's notes.
