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Photograph of Pacific Coast Borax Company Mill, Death Valley Junction (Calif.), 1915

Date
1915
Description
Pacific Coast Borax Company mill at Death Valley Junction. This is the south end of the mill, with railroad tracks leading out of the image at the bottom left corner.

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Photograph of a hydraulic turbine, Hoover Dam, circa early 1930s

Date
1930 to 1935
Description
An image of a a hydraulic turbine loaded on railroad siding at Hoover Dam.

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Postcard of the ghost town of Rhyolite (Nev.), 1934-1952

Date
1934 to 1952
Description
The postcard shows a car that looks like it was abandoned with a casino in the background. The postcard reads, "130,000 Dollar Railroad Station-without a railroad, at the famous ghost town of Rhyolite."

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Postcard of the Las Vegas Depot, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date
1900 to 1925
Description
Wilson Drug Company postcard.
Caption: The Depot, Last Vegas, Nevada; Las Vegas Railroad Depot; Union Pacific Railroad Depot, Las Vegas, Nevada
Site Name: Las Vegas Depot (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of Bullion Car, Carson City (Nev.), 1880-1910

Date
1880 to 1910
Description

Railroad car sits on tracks. Inscription with photo reads: "Car #13, the famed Bullion Car, which hauled millions in bullion out of the Carson Valley above Genoa V&T Station in Virginia City. It was called the 'Julia Bullett' after the Comstock's most noted lady of the night."

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Photograph of the Mission-style train station, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1910s-1920s

Date
1910 to 1929
Description
The Las Vegas Mission-style railroad depot. The caption on the photo sleeve reads "the Las Vegas train station." Photo identification was provided by Donald S. Palmer.

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Slide of an aerial view of an unidentified city, Ohio, circa 1980-1990s

Date
1985 to 1995
Description
An aerial view of a unnamed city in Ohio by a river and a railroad yard.

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Photograph of a locomotive, Jackrabbit (Nev.), 1875-1893

Date
1875 to 1893
Description
Railroad locomotive engine in Jackrabbit, which is now a mining ghost town. Just 14 miles west of Pioche, the settlement of Jackrabbit was once called Royal City and was discovered in 1876.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken to F. H. Knickerbocker, April 23, 1925

Date
1925-04-23
Description
Letter concerns handling of paychecks to railroad employees.

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Photograph of the Union Pacific Depot, Las Vegas, circa 1920s.

Date
1920 to 1929
Description
The front of the Union Pacific Depot (formerly the San Pedro, Las Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad).

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