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J. Ross Clark, San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad, 1902-1921
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The J. Ross Clark, San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad series (1902-1921) contain the office files of J. Ross Clark, second Vice President of the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake (SPLA&SL) Railroad, and younger brother of Montana Senator William Clark, who owned the railroad until he sold it to E.H. Harriman of the Union Pacific Railroad. J. Ross Clark’s Empire Construction company was responsible for the construction of the SPLA&SL Railroad. These files contain correspondence concerning Helen Stewart’s Las Vegas Ranch, which the railroad purchased, the management of the ranch after the Railroad took possession, the laying out of the Las Vegas townsite, the subsequent auction of the town lots, and the construction of the early railroad buildings in Las Vegas and California.
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Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
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Railroad depot in Murray, Utah, approximately 1900-1920
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Collection Name: Fred and Maurine Wilson Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 21 (Restrictions apply)
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Railroad depot getting ready to move, 1974 March
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Collection Name: Virginia "Teddy" Fenton Photograph Collection on the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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Railroad depot getting ready to move, 1974 March
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Collection Name: Virginia "Teddy" Fenton Photograph Collection on the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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Los Angeles to Riverside railroad track map, undated
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Collection Name: Elton and Madelaine Garrett Photograph and Architectural Drawing Collection
Box/Folder: Roll 32
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Blueprint of S.P., L.A. & S.L. Railroad employees' five room cottages, July, 1909
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Caption: S.P., L.A. & S.L. R.R. employees cottages, Las Vegas, Nevada, five rooms
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People outdoors near railroad tracks with tents and signs: photographic slide
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From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). The tents have signs and posters on them. There is an "[Information?] poster on the tent that has some papers attached to it. Below it, there is a poster that says, "CHRISTIAN CHURCHES SPEAK".
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Photographic record of storm damage to Union Pacific Railroad railway lines, March 2, 1938
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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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First floor plan for Union Pacific Railroad clubhouse in Caliente, Nevada: architectural drawing
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From Union Pacific Railroad Collection (MS-00397). Near the bottom, the drawing says, "First Floor Plan, Scale 1/8" = 1'-0"." The bottom corner says, "'As Constructed.' Union Pacific Railroad Co. Office Of Chief Engineer. Caliente, Nevada. A Club House For Employees. First Floor Plan & Door & Window Schedule. Drawing No. 49323. Traced On Cloth & Revised 'As Constructed' April 12, 1946."
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Film transparency showing a railroad depot in Las Vegas, circa 1930s-1940s
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