Earthquake Lake with new highway

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DescriptionColor image of Quake Lake, the landslide, and the highway built over the landslide. The lake is in the lower left of the image and curves around the landslide. The caption on the verso reads: "EARTHQUAKE AREA, MONTANA/The new road over the slide area, showing the mountain that fell to form Earthquake Lake. Nineteen people are presumed buried under this slide."TypeImageCreatorWest Yellowstone Postcard Co.GenrepostcardsDateCirca 1960SubjectRoadsYellowstone National ParkBodies of waterLandslidesContributing InstitutionYellowstone National Park Heritage and Research CenterGeographic CoverageYellowstone National ParkTime Period RepresentedCirca 1960Digital CollectionYellowstone National Park PhotographsDigital Formatimage/jpgPhysical CollectionYellowstone National Park Museum CollectionPhysical DimensionsL 14.0, H 9.0 CMDigitization SpecificationScanned at 1200 dpiDate Digitized2017Photo NumberYELL 199710Contact UsFor more information contact Yellowstone National Park Heritage and Research Center: yell_heritage_center@nps.gov / (307) 344-2264.

CollectionYellowstone National Park Photographs

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