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Title: Yuma Project--Dry Bed of Colorado River Below Imperial Intake
Creator: Hamlin, Homer, 1864-1920
Date Created and/or Issued: 1906 January 16
Contributing Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Water Resources Collections and Archives
Collection: Joseph Barlow Lippincott papers
Rights Information: Public Domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Scope/Content: Dry section of Colorado River bed created by diversion of river into the Imperial Canal, also known as the Alamo Canal.
Annotations/Markings: Handwritten caption beneath photograph in Lippincott’s original album reads “Yuma Project--Dry Bed of Colorado River Below Imperial Intake and Just Above Nigger Bend--River Diverted Into Imperial Canal.” The slur used reflects a racist place name that was in use at the time the item was created. It is omitted from the display title due to its harmful nature, but is noted here for historical context. The bend referenced is approximately 5 miles below the Lower Mexican Heading on the Colorado River.
Technique: Scanned using a Sinar x view camera with Schneider APO-Componon 150mm lens and Better Light Super 8K-2 digital scanning camera insert, 8-bit RGB at 800 ppi.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph
Form/Genre: photographs
Identifier: ark:/28722/bk0005c4870
cuwr_052_082_145_2087
Language: English
eng
Subject: Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Canals--California
River surveys
Water resources development
Yuma Project (U.S.)
Place: Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Mexican-American Border Region
Alamo Canal
Relation: Western Waters Digital Library
Provenance: Donated to the Water Resources Collections & Archives by Kenneth Q. Volk and Bette Volk of Los Angeles, 1967.
Location: Box 82

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