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Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, United States Secretary of the Interior: photographic print

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Date
1910 (year approximate) to 1945 (year approximate)
Description
From the Elizabeth Harrington Photograph Collection (PH-00291). Inscription with image reads: "Driving the silver spike. Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior, drives the last spike into tracks of railroads spur to the damsite. To the right of Dr. Wilbur is Senator Key Pittman. Nest to Pittman is Nevada Governor Fred Balzar. Second back from Senator Pittman is Las Vegas Mayor Fred Hesse. To the left of Dr. Wilbur is Carl R. Coray, Union Pacific Railroad president." - E(lizabeth) Harrington.
Digital ID
pho032880
Physical Identifier
0291_0050
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1n29pk4p
Details
Subject
Wilbur, Ray L. (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949
Railroads
Time Period
1910s (1910 - 1919)
1920s (1920 - 1929)
1930s (1930 - 1939)
1940s (1940 - 1949)
Place
Boulder City
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
black-and-white photographs
Citation

pho032880. Elizabeth Harrington Photograph Collection, approximately 1910-1959. PH-00291. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1n29pk4p

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