Spillway Gates, Fort Peck Dam
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hykesj
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A section of the spillway for the Fort Peck Dam in eastern Montana graced the cover of the first issue of LIFE magazine. The photograph was taken during construction of the dam in 1936.
Waymark Code: WMJ3WN
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 09/19/2013
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Yeah, the stamp shows the cover of a magazine and not a place, but the picture on that cover is a real place and can be visited to this day. The Fort Peck Dam is located in northeast Montana and is the tallest of the six major dams along the Missouri River as well as the largest earthen dam in the United States.
The stamp was part of the “Celebrate the Century” series of postage stamps issued during the millennium period. This particular stamp was from a sheet of 15 stamps “celebrating” the decade of the 1930s and specifically commemorates LIFE magazine which was first published in 1936.
LIFE magazine was Henry Luce’s foray into the relatively new genre of photo-journalism. Photographer Margaret Bourke-White traveled to the rather remote area of Montana where the Fort Peck Dam was under construction to document the project for LIFE. In addition to construction photos, she also documented life in the frontier towns that sprang up to house the thousands of men and women who worked on the dam and their families. Her impressive photo of the imposing spillway gates was chosen for the cover and thus can be seen on the stamp.
The spillway is actually several miles from the dam itself along state route 24. Although located far from the “beaten path,” there is an interpretive center near the dam and several overlooks offering vistas of the dam and lake. Tours of the power station are also available.
Stamp Issuing Country: United States
Date of Issue: 1998
Denomination: 32 cents
Color: multicolored
Stamp Type: Single Stamp
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