An aerial view of Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River, showing the spillway, navigation lock, and forested hills along the water. The dam spans the river between Oregon and Washington, and the caption places it on the Columbia River Highway. The caption describes a $100,000,000 project with the largest lift navigation lock in the world. Completed in 1938 as a federal public-works project, Bonneville was built to control the Columbia, generate power, and let river traffic pass the dam.
Linen texture; no white border visible; printed captions in blue.
No postmark. Divided-back linen-era card, unused; light toning/soiling, no stamp. Photo credit (C) Brubaker Aerial Surveys. Distributor imprint: John W. Graham & Co., Spokane, Wash.; manufactured by Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, Mass. ("Tichnor Quality Views").
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Bonneville Dam and navigation lock, Columbia River, circa 1938, postcard, c. 1938. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/bonneville-dam-and-navigation-lock-columbia-river-circa-1938. Accessed November 2, 2026.
