Salton Sea Mailbox

Artist Joan Myers (American, born 1944)

Date1986

MediumPlatinum-palladium print with watercolor

DimensionsImage: 15 × 19 3/8 in. (38.1 × 49.2 cm)
Support: 15 × 18 1/4 in. (38.1 × 46.4 cm)
Mat: 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)

ClassificationsPhotograph

Credit LineMuseum purchase, 2017

Object number2017.4.2

DescriptionDesolate landscape with mailbox at left and two detached palm fronds in foreground. At center in the middle ground is the triangular shape of a dead palm tree. Bare deciduous tress in the background.
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Emuseum Notes

The Colorado River has long flowed all the way down to California’s Imperial Valley, depositing the rich soil that made the area famous for its agriculture. The basin was intermittently wet or dry, depending on the flow of the river. An engineering error in 1906 led to the creation of a lake and the subsequent construction of many houses around it. Increasing salinity and pollution have left the area abandoned by most fish and all but the hardiest humans, though it remains a rich habitat for birds.

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