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Photograph of an Amtrak train, Las Vegas, October 28, 1979

Date

1979-10-28

Description

A crowd of people standing around the Amtrak train in Las Vegas, welcoming Amtrak's inaugural trip.

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Photograph of an Amtrak train, Las Vegas, 1979

Date

1979

Description

Celebration marking Amtrak's inaugural trip.

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"Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad - The Goldfield Route" map

Date

1910

Description

Map showing "Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad 'The Goldfield Route.'" On the back it lists a timetable, railroad employees and executives, and descriptions of districts and towns: Johnnie, Beatty, Rhyolite, Bonnie Clare, Goldfield, Tonopah, Manhattan, Round Mountain, and Hornsilver.

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View of some fields and some railroad tracks: photographic slide

Date

1978-08

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). In the distance of the picture we see some people, cars, and an American Flag. 

 

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People outdoors near railroad tracks with tents and signs: photographic slide

Date

1978-08

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). The tents have signs and posters on them. There is an "[Information?] poster on the tent that has some papers attached to it. Below it, there is a poster that says, "CHRISTIAN CHURCHES SPEAK". 

 

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Railway switchyard: photographic print

Date

1942 (year approximate) to 1949 (year approximate)

Description

Railway switchyard near control house.

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Photographs of Frontier Strike, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1992 March 21 (folder 2 of 2)

Date

1992-03-21

Description

Participants take the Frontier Strike to a highway, likely Interstate 15. Strikers walk along the road and are pictured outside a recreational vehicle decorated with strike posters. There are also photos of an abandoned house, passing vehicles, and a train crossing. Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike

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J. Ross Clark Scrapbook

Identifier

MS-00637

Abstract

The J. Ross Clark Scrapbook dates from approximately 1897 to 1972 and consists of newspaper clippings collected by his wife, Miriam Evans Clark. The clippings relate to professional events in the lives of J. Ross Clark and his brother, Senator William A. Clark. A small number of the clippings refer to births, marriages, and deaths in Miriam Evans and J. Ross Clark's families. Also included are documents written by J. Ross Clark's grand-niece, Dorothy Murdock Dunkley, that offer additional information about the Clark and associated families.

Archival Collection

Photograph of desert, Tecopa (Calif.), 1907-1918

Date

1907 to 1918

Description

Desert landscape with hills and valleys; dirt in piles suggests this area was under construction. Inscription reads: "T&T grade at Tecopa end of famous Amargosa River Canyon."

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