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Powerhouse and cranes, Kentucky Dam, Kentucky

Subjects
Bridges & DamsPower & Water Works
Card type
Chrome
Date
Postmarked April 19, 1968 (Chrome)
Front of Powerhouse and cranes, Kentucky Dam, Kentucky, 1968 chrome postcard
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Back of Powerhouse and cranes, Kentucky Dam, Kentucky, 1968 chrome postcard
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About this subject

A large concrete powerhouse and gantry cranes at Kentucky Dam, with a grassy lawn and parked cars in the foreground. The building bears the word KENTUCKY and an American flag flies above.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Jeanne + all Excuse card but we're in Silver Springs Fla. This is being mailed underwater. Be home soon. Love, Mona, Diane + kids

PublisherThompson's Community Service
Powerhouse and Cranes, Kentucky Dam --- POWERHOUSE AND CRANES, KENTUCKY DAM TVA's huge dam, built at a cost of $115,000,000 is visited by hundreds of thousands of people yearly. Located in Western Kentucky, the 8,412 feet long dam is reached by U.S. 62 and 641. EXTACHROME BY BROCK THOMPSON'S COMMUNITY SERVICE, 1220 CHICKASAW, PARIS, TENNESSEE CURTEICHCOLOR® ART-CREATION FROM COLOR TRANSPARENCIES (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.) POST CARD
PostmarkedSilver Spring, MD, April 19, 1968
StampStamp
Addressed to
Mrs. Jeane Elmore

25054 Stanford, Dearborn Heights, MI

Postcard record

Postmarked, Silver Spring, MD
ConditionGood
Place addressed25054 Stanford, Dearborn Heights, MI
Place depictedKentucky Dam, KY
Place mentionedKentucky Dam, KY
PublisherThompson's Community Service, 1220 Chickasaw, Paris, TN
Stamp1c Andrew Jackson, green
Stamp5c George Washington, blue
NotesWhite border; chrome-era color; vertical crease down center. Postmark: SILVER SPRING MD APR 19 PM 1968. Divided-back chrome-era card (Curt Teich), glossy with white border; light edge/corner wear, faint crease near center.

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