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Black History Week invitations from the City of Las Vegas

Date

1997-01-14 to 1997-01-09

Description

From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.

Text

Photographic record of storm damage to Union Pacific Railroad railway lines, March 2, 1938

Date

1938-03-02

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.

Text

"Photographic Record of Storm Damage to Main Line and Branches" by the Union Pacific Railroad, Los Angeles Division photograph album, 1938

Level of Description

Series

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

Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00043
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Photograph of people in front of Boulder City school, Boulder City, Nevada, 1932

Date

1932

Description

An unidentified group of people in front of a Boulder City school in Boulder City, Nevada.

Image

Photograph of Boulder City Co Stores, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

Image of store fronts in Boulder City, inclduing Boulder City Co Stores

Image

Photograph of the Boulder City Co. Stores, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

Shop fronts in Boulder City, with the Boulder City Co. Stores building in the middle.

Image

Photograph of advancing waters of Lake Mead through St. Thomas, 1938

Date

1938-06

Description

A view of the advancing waters of Lake Mead through St. Thomas.

Image

Photograph of Lake Mead submerging the town of St. Thomas, June 1938

Date

1938-06

Archival Collection

Description

An adobe home in St. Thomas surrounded by water.

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