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Train engine and railroad workers: postcard
Date
1880 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Train engine and railroad workers in early days of Nevada. The postcard photo is courtesy of the Southern Nevada Museum.
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Railroad outside Millers, Nevada: photographic print
Date
1908
Archival Collection
Description
Railroad outside Millers, Nevada in 1908. Inscription with the image reads, "(David Garcia 1-26-90)."
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Shipping Ore at Tonopah: photograph
Date
1900 (year approximate) to 1935 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Shipping Ore at Tonopah, NV. Tonopah RR (3) 4-wheel cabooses 11, 9; D & RG 66 2-8-0 (BLW 5098-1880). Three engines in view: Tonopah RR 2-6-0; D & RG 66, unknown diamond stack loco. (ext. right) Stamp on the front of the photo reads: "J. E. Stimson, Artist, Cheyenne, WYO. 896" Stamps on the back of the photo read: "Mallory Hope Ferrell P. O. Box 2837 Peachtree City, GA 30269." and "Publication of this photo must give credit line to the Wyoming State Archives, Museums, and Historical Department."
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Midway Ore Station at Tonopah and Tidewater: photograph
Date
1907
Archival Collection
Description
Tonopah & Tidewater, Midway Ore Station, 1907. The railroad ran from E California to SW Nevada. Inscription reads "Meeting final 20 mule team wagons." The stamp on the back of the photo says: "Mallory Hope Ferrell P. O. Box 2837 Peachtree City, GA 30269."
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Newspaper clipping of advertisement for the Tonopah Railroad Company: photographic print
Date
1905 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Advertisement for Tonopah Railroad Company in the Tonopah newspaper, circa 1905.
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Santa Fe Railroad Depot: photographic print
Date
1930 (year approximate) to 1980 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
The Santa Fe Railroad Depot, located in Searchlight, Nevada.
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View of Tonopah from Railroad Depot: photograph
Date
1905
Archival Collection
Description
View of Tonopah from the Railroad Depot. Part of the Tonopah R.R. Yard (3) showing freight which has spilled over from depot platform. (note SPC cars 420, 712; Tonopah RR 4-wheel caboose #13) 1905. (photo: State Archives, Museums and Historical Dept.). Stamp on front of photo: "J. E. Stimson, Artist, Cheyenne, WYO. 892" Stamp on back of photo: "Mallory Hope Ferrell P. O. Box 2837 Peachtree City, GA 30269." Stamp on back of photo: "Publication of this photo must give credit line to the Wyoming State Archives, Museums, and Historical Department."
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Last Frontier Village at the Last Frontier Hotel: postcards
Date
1940 (year approximate) to 1949 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Postcards of the Last Frontier Village at the Last Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. (c. 1940s)
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Photographs of Frontier Strike, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1992 March 21 (folder 2 of 2)
Date
1992-03-21
Archival Collection
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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Photograph of the fuselage of Hughes Flying Boat being moved to Terminal Island, California, 1946
Date
1946
Archival Collection
Description
A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946. The body is paused at a railroad crossing and power lines are being lifted so the aircraft can pass underneath.
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