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Virginia & Truckee Railroad engine No. 5, circa 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Virginia & Truckee Railroad engine No. 5 stopped at Minden, Nevada. Minden is located in Douglas County, Nevada. The population was 3,001 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Douglas County and is adjacent to the city of Gardnerville. It was founded in 1906 by Heinrich Friedrich Dangberg Jr., who named it after the town of Minden, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, which was near his father's birthplace. Minden was founded on company land of the Dangberg Home Ranch and Dangberg commissioned most of the town's early buildings. Minden has had a post office since 1906. U.S. Highway 395 runs through Minden. It is also the terminus of State Route 88, which becomes California State Route 88 on the west side of the state line.
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Railroad Survey Camps, 1903-1904
Level of Description
Series
Scope and Contents
Materials include photographs of railroad surveyors from 1903 to 1904, including photographs of surveyors working near Caliente and Las Vegas, Nevada.
Archival Collection
Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00214
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Railroad track in the mountains: photographic print
Date
1918 (year approximate) to 1974 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Jeanne Russell Janish Photograph Collection (PH-00296)
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Photograph of railroad car, Hoover Dam, circa 1932
Date
1931 to 1933
Archival Collection
Description
Workers surrounding railroad car on end of track. Note: Crane lifted rails but men carried ties.
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Photograph of a railroad station, Barstow, California, circa 1920s-1930s
Date
1920 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
A railroad station in Barstow, California.
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Railroad pass, image 002 of 002: photographic print
Date
1930 (year uncertain) to 1933 (year uncertain)
Archival Collection
Description
An unidentified railroad pass, looking south.
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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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Photograph of Railroad Depot, Las Vegas, circa 1910
Date
1906 to 1916
Archival Collection
Description
Union Pacific Railroad depot in Las Vegas. This photograph was identified by Shirley Ferron Swanson on October 25, 1983.
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Slide of a railroad building in Boulder City, Nevada, April 10, 1931
Date
1931-04-10
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of men outside of a railroad building in Boulder City.
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Railroad Pass Casino: photographic print
Date
1979 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Historic Building Survey Photograph Collection (PH-00345). Railroad Pass Casino, Boulder City, Nevada.
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