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[Denison Dam Between Texas and Oklahoma]

Description: Postcard of the Denison Dam spanning the Red River between Texas & Oklahoma. The intake structure as well the power house are shown within the design. Text on the back reads "At a cost of more than 50,000,000, the huge hydro-electric dam 4 miles north of Denison, Texas across Red River, will look like this from he south when completed. Length of main dam, 21,100 fee, maximum height 165 feet. Reservoir will inundate 146,000 acres in Texas and Oklahoma. Shoreline, approximately 1250 miles.".
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 33.813732 -96.576263
Partner: The Sherman Museum

[Denison Dam Proposal]

Description: Postcard image of proposal of Denison Dam as what it would look like when completed. Text on front reads "Red River Dam as it will appear when completed". The text on the back reads "Now under construction at a cost of more than $50,000,000, the huge earthen dam between Denison, Texas, and Durant, Oklahoma, will look like this from south when completed. Length of main dam 14,000 feet; dike extension 7,800 feet; maximum height 165 feet. Reservoir will inundate 127,600 acres in Texas and Oklahoma… more
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: None
Partner: The Sherman Museum

[Denison Dam Stone Marker]

Description: Postcard of Denison Dame stone marker in the shape of the state of Texas built up on bricks. Embedded across the marker is the word Texas. Typography across the top portion of the post card reads "Best town in Texas by a damsite". In the bottom white border of the postcard the location Denison, Texas is visible.
Date: 1942~/1949~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: The Sherman Museum

[Fort Sam Houston Hospital]

Description: Postcard of Fort Sam Houston Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. The image is an illustration of a pink, multi-story building viewed from the side. "Fort Sam Houston Hospital, San Antonio, Texas" is printed in the upper left corner of the image. There is correspondence addressed to "Miss Theresa Fontaine" and information about the hospital on the back of the postcard.
Date: August 17, 1942
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Texas Medical Association

[Last Bucket of Concrete for Intake Structure]

Description: Reprint photograph taken of workers pouring what is noted as the last bucket of concrete used to cover the structural steel of the intake structure. Handwritten text on back reads "Workers put the final lot of concrete used to cover the 2300 tons of structural steel in the intake structure".
Date: 1942~/1943~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Sherman Museum
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