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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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Photograph of people in front of Boulder City school, Boulder City, Nevada, 1932
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Boulder City Co Stores, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s
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Archival Collection
Description
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Photograph of the Boulder City Co. Stores, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s
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Archival Collection
Description
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Photograph of Boulder City Elementary School, Boulder City, Nevada, August 1932
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Archival Collection
Description
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View of Boulder City: photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
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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 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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