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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
DESIGNER UNKOWN SEE BOULDER DAM / UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. Circa 1938. 39 1/2x27 inches. Condition B+: tears, wrinkles and creases at edges; discoloration in margins; creases in image. Paper. An exceptional and early image of America's most famous dam, in which the technical details of the structure stand out amidst the almost primitive rendering of the surrounding mountains and the distant Lake Mead. Completed in 1936, the dam, spanning Boulder Canyon, was called the Boulder Dam. It wasn't until 1947 that Congress passed a resolution renaming the dam after President Herbert Hoover. Peculiarly, this exact image was used by both the New York Central Line and the Union Pacific Railroad. For the former, merely "New York Central Line" appears at the bottom, as opposed to this image that promotes the "Boulder Dam Route."
