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Title: Salton Sea, north coast
Alternative Title: Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Photo Collection
Creator: Kelly, Howard D
Contributor: Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued: 1956
Publication Information: Kelly-Holiday
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
At 220 feet below sea level, the Salton Sea is an inland saline lake that covers a surface area of approximately 376 square miles. In the early 1800s, Salton Sea was mainly a salt mining location, in the 1920s it became somewhat of a tourist attraction due to its water recreation and the waterfowl that were attracted to this area.
Aerial view of the north coastal portion of the Salton Sea. Area looks almost completely barren, except for a small cluster of buildings on left side of the coast. Photographed for Ed Jorgenson on June 16, 1956.
Type: Image
Format: 1 negative :safety ;12 x 14 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier: 00089318
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Collection
KHAF 275-1
CARL0004942872
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/4719
Subject: Deserts--California--Salton Sea
Lakes--California--Salton Sea
Mountains--California, Southern
Santa Rosa Mountains (Calif.)
Salton Sea (Calif.)
Salton Sea (Calif.)--Aerial views
Aerial photographs
Time Period: 1951-1960

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