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Postcard of Union Pacific Station, Las Vegas, circa 1940

Information

Creator
Creator: Boulder Dam Service Bureau
Date
1940
Description
Text on front of post card: "New Union Pacific Station, Las Vegas, Nevada; Gateway to Boulder Dam; Copyright Boulder Dam Service Bureau." Text on back of postcard: "The new passenger depot of the Union Pacific in Las Vegas, Nevada, is the world's first streamlined, completely air-conditioned railroad passenger station. Typically modernistic western in motif, the structure has been described by architects as one of the most beautiful in design and superlatively complete in appointments, in the United States. Desert Souvenir Supply, Boulder City, Nevada."
Digital ID
pho013989
Physical Identifier
0003_0044
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1jh3d478
Details
Contributor
Contributor: Desert Souvenir Supply
Subject
Railroad stations
Railroads
Place
Las Vegas
Resource Type
Still Image
Material Type
postcards
Source
Postcard of Union Pacific Station, 1940
Citation

pho013989. Doris Hancock Photograph Collection. PH-00003. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1jh3d478.

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Standardized Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Extent
3353 x 2152 pixels
5.59 x 3.59 inches
21,647,848 bytes
Language

English

Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
Format
image/tiff