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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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"Photographic Record of Storm Damage to Main Line and Branches" by the Union Pacific Railroad, Los Angeles Division photograph album, 1938
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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 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
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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
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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
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Archival Collection
Description
An adobe home in St. Thomas surrounded by water.
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Photograph of a sleeping shed and reservoir in Corn Creek, Nevada, circa 1938
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Archival Collection
Description
Reservoir and sleeping sled in Corn Creek, Nevada
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "Resevoir (sic) and sleeping shed"
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Photograph of a museum building, Boulder City (Nev.), January 10, 1938
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Archival Collection
Description
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Photograph of basement stairway, Boulder City (Nev.), January 10, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of museum lobby, Boulder City (Nev.), January 10, 1938
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Archival Collection
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