PC-001-312

Crossing the American Sahara, Highway 80 1926

 

1926

 

C. T. American Art Colored, Chicago, Illinois

In around 1927, United States Highway 80 was completed over the 7 miles of sand dunes formerly traversed only by means of the "Old Plank Road," a set of wooden sections that could be moved if the sands had shifted and covered another section. The number in the lower right corner is 112855, which, according to the guide maintained by the Curt Teich Postcard Archives, translates to 1926. However, the plaque on the site of the Algodones Sand Dunes, also known as the American Sahara or Sand Hills, indicates that the Old Plank Road was used there untiil 1927. The publisher's number, 406, is in the lower left margin.

US Highway 80; Sand Hills; American Sahara; Sand dunes; Algodones Sand Dunes; Curt Teich

 

California - Algodones Dunes

 

 

MS-0008

 

Harry Herz, Phoenix, Arizona

Postcard

3.5 inches X 5.5 inches

No

PC-001-307; PC-001-305; PC-001-305; PC-001-339; PC-001-340

 

 

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