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Tag Archives: souvenirs
DAMS and LOUIS EGAN ON HYPERCOMMON.COM
Lens & Pen has launched a new website (in addition to Dammingtheosage.com and our publishing site beautifulozarks.com). HYPERCOMMON.com will be a platform for a wide range of interests, encompassing our more than passing interest in pop culture. One of those … Continue reading
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Tagged dams, hillbillies, Hypercommon.com, Louis Egan, small towns, souvenirs, St. Louis Post Dispatch, tourism, Union Electric
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TRUMAN DAM SOUVENIRS – hard to find
Before Truman’s dam waters rose, there was promise of new entrepreneurial opportunities to be had with the coming of a mammoth lake. We found these roadside offerings during paddlefish snagging season in the mid 1970s. Since the dam closed, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Vintage Image of the Week
Tagged Bagnell Dam, Lake of the Ozarks, souvenirs, tchotchkes, Truman Dam
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BAGNELL DAM LICENSE PLATE TOPPER
Cast aluminum and painted license plate frame, circa 1940s Lake of the Ozarks filled in 1931 but the Depression and World War II stymied its tourism development. From the late 1940s on, gift shops located along Highway 54 offered hundreds … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Vintage Image of the Week
Tagged Bagnell Dam, Lake of the Ozarks, osage river, souvenirs, Truman Dam
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