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Burning Marcus, Washington, 1941.
Burning Marcus, Washington, 1941.
TitleBurning Marcus, Washington, 1941.
PhotographerUnknown
Date1941
NotesCaption included with image: Old Marcus homes and outbuildings, purchased by the Bureau of Reclamation and turned over to the WPA for demolition are shown going up in flames as the town is cleared to receive backwater of the Columbia river now rising behind Grand Coulee dam. Although many buildings in Marcus were bought from the Bureau and moved to new sites in the towns of Kettle Falls and Colville, also new Marcus, numerous old buildings in too poor condition for moving or salvage are being burned in this town that was first platted in 1890. The old site of Marcus will be under from 60' to 70' of water when the high water backed up by Grand Coulee dam reaches this area early in July.

Caption on verso: US WPA 558

[Grand Coulee Dam 312]
Subjects (LCSH)Marcus (Wash.)
Clearing of land--Washington (State)--Marcus
Geographic SubjectsUnited States--Washington (State)--Marcus
Digital CollectionGrand Coulee Dam Collection
Order NumberDAM015
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RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionGrand Coulee Dam Photograph Collection. PH Coll 478
Object TypePhotograph
Physical Descriptionsilver gelatin, b&w
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from a photographic print at 100 dpi in JPEG format and resized to 768x512 ppi or scanned from original text at 400 dpi in JPEG format and resized to 600 ppi horizontal. Saved at compression rate 3. 2000.
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