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Aerial view of Roosevelt Dam and Roosevelt Lake – Historic Photo Reproduction

Aerial view of Roosevelt Dam and Roosevelt Lake, c1916 Mar. 18. — historic photograph
Aerial view of Roosevelt Dam and Roosevelt Lake, c1916 Mar. 18.. Historic photograph from the Presidents collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: Aerial view of Roosevelt Dam and Roosevelt Lake, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Aerial view of Roosevelt Dam and Roosevelt Lake

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The dam and lake in this view sit on the Salt River in central Arizona, and both were named for Theodore Roosevelt. The federal Reclamation Service completed the masonry dam in 1911, and Roosevelt dedicated it in person that year. The reservoir stored water for irrigation in the Salt River Valley near Phoenix. Taken from the air around 1916, when aerial photography was still uncommon, the view shows how the lake filled the desert canyon behind the wall.

Created / publishedc1916 Mar. 18.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreAerial views 1910-1920.Photographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesJ212037 U.S. Copyright Office. Title devised by Library staff.
SubjectsDams--Arizona--1910-1920. Lakes & ponds--Arizona--1910-1920. Theodore Roosevelt Dam (Ariz.)--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,211 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-157972

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