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Photograph of Carl Gray handing Ray Lyman Wilbur the first railroad spur spike for Hoover Dam, circa early 1930s
Date
1930 to 1933
Description
Black and white image of several prominent figures, in front of a crowd outdoors. From left to right: Governor Balzar of Nevada; Carl Gray, President of Union Pacific Railroad Company; Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior; Governor of Colorado (possibly Edwin C. Johnson). Gray is handing Lyman the first spike to be driven for the spur line to Boulder Dam. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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Last steam engine for the Union Pacific Railroad, Las Vegas, Nevada: panoramic photograph, 1980 May 15
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Item
Archival Collection
Bob Paluzzi Panoramic Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00414
Collection Name: Bob Paluzzi Panoramic Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 03, Digital File 00
Collection Name: Bob Paluzzi Panoramic Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 03, Digital File 00
Archival Component
Last steam engine for the Union Pacific Railroad, Las Vegas, Nevada: panoramic photograph, 1980 May 15
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Bob Paluzzi Panoramic Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00414
Collection Name: Bob Paluzzi Panoramic Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 03, Digital File 00
Collection Name: Bob Paluzzi Panoramic Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 03, Digital File 00
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Last steam engine for the Union Pacific Railroad, Las Vegas, Nevada: panoramic photograph, 1980 May 15
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Bob Paluzzi Panoramic Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00414
Collection Name: Bob Paluzzi Panoramic Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 03, Digital File 00
Collection Name: Bob Paluzzi Panoramic Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 03, Digital File 00
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Fallinis would round up their cattle and drive them to Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad for shipment: photographic print
Date
1939
Description
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.C. Fallini Family (Twin Springs, Nevada)
Image
President Levy, Union Pacific Railroad Company; Emmet Boyle; Buckley Wells; President Sproule, San Pedro Railroad Company; Key Pittman; Charles B. Henderson; Roy Hardy; Jon M. Fulton; Fred Shorfless; Walter Reed; Walter C. Clark; Fred G. Farish, 1922
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Pittman Family Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00053
Collection Name: Pittman Family Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box SH-059
Collection Name: Pittman Family Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box SH-059
Archival Component
Looking southeast from the pedestrian bridge where I-15, the railroad tracks, and the Las Vegas Wash meet in North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
Date
2018-11-27
Description
From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Civic Center Drive between Alexander Road and Cheyenne Avenue.
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"2: Union Pacific silhouette near dusk at Valley; railroad crossing on Range Road near Nellis Air Force Base with post sunset; Amtrak 828 and Union Pacific 6073 and Union Pacific 3284 with Las Vegas skyline near Cheyenne St; sunset at Valley railroad crossing; silhouette of train crossing at sunset and railroad crossing sign and two more signals at dusk with Las Vegas lights": photographs, 1994 June
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File
Archival Collection
Ray Tutaj Jr. and Harv Kahn Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00456
Collection Name: Ray Tutaj Jr. and Harv Kahn Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 01
Collection Name: Ray Tutaj Jr. and Harv Kahn Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 01
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Union Pacific Railroad supporting infrastructure and facilities: contains architectural and civil drawings of Basic Magnesium Plant, Basic High School, and railroad infrastructure in Boulder City, Nevada and Henderson, Nevada as well as maps of the Boulder Dam area, 1917 March 10-1968 June 17
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File
Archival Collection
Union Pacific Railroad Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00397
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Flat File 174
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Flat File 174
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Communication regarding money owed to the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Company by the Round Mountain Tungston Mining and Milling Company, 1912
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Hugh H. Brown Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00883
Collection Name: Hugh H. Brown Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
Collection Name: Hugh H. Brown Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
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