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Lot of 4 Vintage Hoover Dam Lake Mead Davis Dam Chrome Postcards Nevada Arizona — photo 1 of 9

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Lot of 4 vintage chrome postcards of the Colorado River country: Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, a Lake Mead tour boat, Davis Dam on the Arizona-Nevada border, and a Southwest desert cactus scene. Three are unposted; the Davis Dam card was mailed from Kingman, Arizona in 1958. Standard size, about 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Light edge and corner wear overall; the posted card has writing, a cancel and faint ink offset on the front sky.

• Greetings from Hoover Dam - Lake Mead and Hoover Dam, Mirro-Krome card by H.S. Crocker Co., Copyright Ferris H. Scott 1954, color photo by Josef Muench, no. 4B. Unposted.

• Greetings from Lake Mead - red tour boat full of waving passengers below Fortification Mountain, Western Resort Publishers FS-163, color by William Belknap. Unposted.

• Davis Dam, at the Arizona-Nevada border - Frye & Smith card, Color by Bolty. Posted Kingman, Ariz. Feb 27, 1958 with a 3c Liberty stamp and a TB Association slogan cancel, addressed to Effingham, Illinois, signed "Happy Birthday Ma, Harold" with a note "Harold took us thru this in 1957". Faint cancel offset on front.

• A Desert Panorama - cholla, barrel cactus and Mojave yucca below snowy peaks, Mirro-Krome PS-27, color photo by Fred Clatworthy, distributed by Ferris H. Scott. Unposted.

Great for Nevada and Arizona collectors, dam and Colorado River history, and mid-century travel. See all photos for fronts and backs.