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Postcard with photograph of water car number 312, Death Valley Junction, California, 1907-1930
Date
1907 to 1930
Archival Collection
Description
A picture of Tonopah and Tidewater no. 312 water car at Death Valley Junction, California.
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Postcard with photograph of water car number 302, Death Valley Junction, California, 1907-1930
Date
1907 to 1930
Archival Collection
Description
A picture of Tonopah and Tidewater no. 302 water car at Death Valley Junction, California.
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Postcard with photograph of caboose number 210, Death Valley Junction, California, 1920-1929
Date
1920 to 1929
Archival Collection
Description
A picture of Tonopah and Tidewater caboose no. 210 at Death Valley Junction, California.
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Photograph of a mill, Bullionville (Nev.), 1875-1893
Date
1875 to 1893
Archival Collection
Description
Pioche locamotive on an elevated railroad track running through a mill. The city of Bullionville was founded by John H. Ely and W.H. Raymond in 1870, but is now a deserted settlement and a ghost town.
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Photograph of a locomotive, Jackrabbit (Nev.), 1875-1893
Date
1875 to 1893
Archival Collection
Description
Railroad locomotive engine in Jackrabbit, which is now a mining ghost town. Just 14 miles west of Pioche, the settlement of Jackrabbit was once called Royal City and was discovered in 1876.
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Film transparency of a Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad Company train car, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1910
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of a railroad engineer inside of a train car for the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad Company.
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From the Great Salt Lake to the Humboldt Mountains
Date
1855
Description
'From explorations and surveys made under the direction of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War, by Capt. E.G. Beckwith, 3rd Artillery, E.G. Egloffstein, topographer for the route. 1855.' ''Selmar Siebert's Engraving & Printing Establishment, Washington, D.C.' Published by the War Dept. Scale 1:760,320. 12 miles to 1 in. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
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From the Humboldt Mountains to the Mud Lakes
Date
1855
Description
'From explorations and surveys made under the direction of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War, by Capt. E.G. Beckwith, 3rd Artillery, E.G. Egloffstein, topographer for the route. 1855.' ''Selmar Siebert's Engraving & Printing Establishment, Washington, D.C.' Proposed railroad lines highlighted in red. 'Line explored in 1854' highlighted in yellow. Published by the War Dept. Scale 1:760,320. 12 miles to 1 in. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
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From the valley of the Mud Lakes to the Pacific Ocean
Date
1855
Description
'From explorations and surveys made under the direction of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War, by Capt. E.G. Beckwith, 3rd Artillery, E.G. Egloffstein, topographer for the route. 1855.' ''Selmar Siebert's Engraving & Printing Establishment, Washington, D.C.' Proposed railroad lines highlighted in red and yellow. Published by the War Dept. Scale 1:760,320. 12 miles to 1 in. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
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Photograph of railroad cottages in Downtown Las Vegas, 1910
Date
1910
Archival Collection
Description
The railroad (SP, LS & SL) cottages are shown in the background of this photo, 1910. Many of them still remain on south Second, Third, and Fourth Streets. In the foreground, is South Main Street with the two story house at the right erected by pacific Fruit Express Co. for an ice plant official.
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