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RECLAMATION
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newspaper
brochure
advertisement
title The Pacific Reclamation Company of Nevada
materials offset printing, staple bound, edition 2500
dimensions 13.8 x 20.4 cm, 16 pages
date originally published 1911, republished 2008
design Nina Støttrup Larsen with Kristin Posehn
location Museum De Paviljoens, Almere NL
Reclamation was a reproduction
of the last remaining façade from the ghost town of Metropolis,
USA. Metropolis was founded in 1910 as a real estate venture by
The Pacific Reclamation Company, though due to insufficient water
rights, by 1925 the town was largely abandoned.
Made possible by
the Jan van Eyck Academie
and Museum De Paviljoens
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a republishing of the original promotional brochure for Metropolis, USA
 
above images front cover and first page
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