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Letter from Walter R. Bracken to F. H. Knickerbocker, April 23, 1925

Date

1925-04-23

Archival Collection

Description

Letter concerns handling of paychecks to railroad employees.

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Tonopah Depot: photographic print

Date

1918 (year uncertain) to 1943 (year uncertain)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.D. Terrell Family. Man on the far right may be Don Terrell. With the mines and mills in Tonopah shut down, the railroad was losing money. The contraption above was constructed to carry passengers on the railroad wheels. The gas tank is visible on the roof of the car.

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Photograph of a Union Pacific locomotive traveling through a canyon, 1956 to 1957

Date

1956 to 1957

Description

A black and white image of a Union Pacific train traveling through a canyon. The train is labeled "City of Las Vegas" and may be a GMC (General Motors Diesel Division) autotrain that rode between December 18, 1956 to September 15, 1957.

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Letter from C. O. Whittemore (Salt Lake City) to William McDermott (Las Vegas), December 5, 1902

Date

1902-12-05

Archival Collection

Description

C. O. Whittemore, General Attorney for the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company recommends that if the Creek runs off the ranch property at any time, that the creek either be diverted or piped.

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Photograph of Pacific Coast Borax Company Mill, Death Valley Junction (Calif.), 1915

Date

1915

Description

Pacific Coast Borax Company mill at Death Valley Junction. This is the south end of the mill, with railroad tracks leading out of the image at the bottom left corner.

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Photograph of survey camp, Caliente, Nevada, circa 1903-1904

Date

1903 to 1904

Description

Railroad survey camp on S. P., L. A., and S. L. line in southern Nevada between Caliente and Las Vegas.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to J. Ross Clark (Los Angeles), December 11, 1919

Date

1919-12-11

Archival Collection

Description

Bracken informing Clark of the steps he had taken to prepare the railroad and the city of Las Vegas for the 24 hours without water that would be required to fix the damaged pipeline.

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Photograph of Ludlow Yard, Nevada, 1912

Date

1912

Archival Collection

Description

Transcribed from behind photograph, "Ludlow Yards of Tonapah and Tidewater Railroad, Santa Fe mainline through center of photograph, Ludlow and Southern at top right (smoke plume)."

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Photograph of Bullion Car, Carson City (Nev.), 1880-1910

Date

1880 to 1910

Description

Railroad car sits on tracks. Inscription with photo reads: "Car #13, the famed Bullion Car, which hauled millions in bullion out of the Carson Valley above Genoa V&T Station in Virginia City. It was called the 'Julia Bullett' after the Comstock's most noted lady of the night."

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Photograph of the Union Pacific Depot, 1906

Date

1906

Description

A black and white image of the completed Union Pacific Depot, possibly located in early Las Vegas. Other buildings, like a laundry shop, can be seen clustered around the building.

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