Pen and ink architectural drawings and text, including notations in pencil for the construction of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad passenger station, located northwest of Clark's Las Vegas Townsite. Set of sheets includes: no. 1. Elevations (rear, front and sides) -- no. 2. Floor plans (first and second floors) -- no. 2a. Water supply-soil and roof drainage -- 3 Foundation of roof plan -- no. 4. Sections and Details -- no. 5. Section and details (roof framing) -- no. 6. Details (baggage and waiting rooms) -- no. 7. Details (part elevation of main front gable) -- no. 8. Details (door and window frames) -- no. 9. Details (full size detail of cornice) -- no. 10. Details (cove and architraves moulding) -- no. 11. Details (full size mouldings) -- no. 12. Details (gutters) -- no. 13 Cesspool for passenger depot at Las Vegas Nevada. Scales vary. Site Name: Las Vegas Passenger Station (Las Vegas, Nev.)
From Union Pacific Railroad Collection (MS-00397). The bottom corner says, "Union Pacific System, L.A. & S.L.R.R. Standard Eight Room Reinforced Concrete Bunk House. Locations East Of Caliente. Ass't. Chief Engineers Office Los Angeles. Drawn By F.W.G. Traced By F.W.G. Checked By W.V.L-B. Date June. 1926. Scales As Noted. Revised Jan. 1927. April 1929. Drawing. No. 15634-A-."
From Union Pacific Railroad Collection (MS-00397). The drawing shows elevations and sections of the bunk house. The bottom corner says, "Union Pacific System, L.A. & S.L.R.R. Standard Eight Room Reinforced Concrete Bunk House, Locations East Of Caliente. Ass't. Chief Engineers Office, Los Angeles. Drawn By F.W.G. Traced By F.W.G. Checked By W.V.L-B. Date June 1926. Scales As Noted. Revised Jan. 1927. April 1929. Drawing. No. 15634-B-."
The Union Pacific Railroad depot decorated for the Fourth of July. A label at the bottom of the photo: "An early Fourth of July celebration saw the UP depot, the city's most prominate [prominent] structure, decorated with red, white, and blue bunting."
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.B. Coombs Family. The mine was owned by the Meyers brothers. The Terrell brothers had a mining property not far to the north.