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Identifier	clloy_046
Title	Lake Hollywood, Mulholland Drive, Hollywood, California
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	1941
Subject (Topic)	Lakes--California--Los Angeles; Dams--California--Los Angeles; Reservoirs--California--Los Angeles;
Subject (Place)	Lake Hollywood (Calif.); Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.); Mulholland Drive (Los Angeles, Calif.);
Type	image
Form/Genre	Postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher	Western Publishing & Novelty Co.
Place of Publication	Los Angeles, Calif.
Language	eng
Description	View of the Mulholland Dam and Lake Hollywood, with mountains in the distance. A sign on the far shore reads, "Lake Hollywood."
Historical Background	Lake Hollywood is a reservoir built in 1924 as part of the Owens River Aqueduct system. It has a capacity of 2.5 billion gallons of water and is dammed on the south side by the Mulholland Dam, built by water-services engineer William Mulholland (1855-1935)" The reservoir lies to the west of Griffith Park and has three entrance gates: one at Hollywood Drive on the north, one at Tahoe Drive on the east, and one at Weidlake Drive on the south.
Additional Printed Matter	On back: "Within five minutes of the heart of Hollywood, beautiful Lake Hollywood nestles in the hills. Mulholland Drive skirts the shores of the lake and from the dam a commanding view of Hollywood and surroundings is revealed."
Publisher's Identifier	Publisher's serial number: 1B-H2153; Series number: 859
Additional Notes	Date from publisher's serial number; Printed using the C.T. Photochrom process; Printed on linen textured paper.
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection