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Photographic record of storm damage to Union Pacific Railroad railway lines, March 2, 1938
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Archival Collection
Description
Selected pages from a photographic record book of the damage to the main rail line from California to Utah from a 1938 storm. Text accompanying photos include description of track location.
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Film transparency of Frazier Hall of Las Vegas High School, Las Vegas, circa 1940s
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Archival Collection
Description
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Crystal Palace Gambling Hall and Hotel marquee, 1986
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Neon in Nevada Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Binder PB-005
Archival Component
Susan Hall, daughter of former publisher of Pahrump Valley Star Kathy Ledford Hall: photographic print, approximately 1979 to 1982
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Agnes Lynch Photograph Collection on Pahrump, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
"Photographic Record of Storm Damage to Main Line and Branches" by the Union Pacific Railroad, Los Angeles Division photograph album, 1938
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
Materials depict the Union Pacific Railroad Company's railroad tracks that had been damaged during floods in February and March of 1938 in Southern California and Southern Nevada, including by the Los Angeles Flood of 1938. The photographs primarily depict washed out tracks, damaged bridges, and debris.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Photograph of people inside the Town Hall Casino, Tonopah (Nev.), 1940-1960
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Archival Collection
Description
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Photograph of advancing waters of Lake Mead through St. Thomas, 1938
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Archival Collection
Description
A view of the advancing waters of Lake Mead through St. Thomas.
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Photograph of Lake Mead rising over Lost City, June 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The restored Indian house at Lost City showing the lake only a few feet away. This is a portion of the first house restored
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Photograph of Lake Mead approaching the Lost City restorations, spring 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The waters of Lake Mead are approaching the Lost City restorations
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Photograph of Lake Mead submerging the town of St. Thomas, June 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
An adobe home in St. Thomas surrounded by water.
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