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Photograph of a railroad train, San Diego, California, 1939
Date
1939
Description
Transcribed from behind photograph, "Las Vegas and Tonopah no. 27 on San Diego-Arizona and Eastern at San Diego about 1939."
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Postcard with photograph of water car number 312, Death Valley Junction, California, 1907-1930
Date
1907 to 1930
Description
A picture of Tonopah and Tidewater no. 312 water car at Death Valley Junction, California.
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Postcard with photograph of water car number 302, Death Valley Junction, California, 1907-1930
Date
1907 to 1930
Description
A picture of Tonopah and Tidewater no. 302 water car at Death Valley Junction, California.
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Postcard with photograph of caboose number 210, Death Valley Junction, California, 1920-1929
Date
1920 to 1929
Description
A picture of Tonopah and Tidewater caboose no. 210 at Death Valley Junction, California.
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Photograph of San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad yards, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1906 or 1907
Date
1906 to 1907
Description
View of the San Pedro, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake Railroad yards. In the background is a fifty ton capacity ice house which burned in the summer of 1907.
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Photograph of a mill, Bullionville (Nev.), 1875-1893
Date
1875 to 1893
Description
Pioche locamotive on an elevated railroad track running through a mill. The city of Bullionville was founded by John H. Ely and W.H. Raymond in 1870, but is now a deserted settlement and a ghost town.
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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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Photograph of Salt Lake and Boulder City railroad junction, (Nev.), September 17, 1930
Date
1930-09-17
Description
Ray Lyman Wilbur drives the final silver spike into the ground at the railroad junction of Salt Lake RR at Boulder. Other men gather around as spectators, all wearing suits and ties.
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Postcard of trains near the Hoover Dam site, circa early 1930s
Date
1930 to 1935
Description
Provided quote by Dave Coons: "Three locomotives at dam site; Hoover Dam construction. Middle locomotive ex-LV&T locomotive. Used by 6 Companies, judging by square tender."
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Photograph of railroad cottages in Downtown Las Vegas, 1910
Date
1910
Description
The railroad (SP, LS & SL) cottages are shown in the background of this photo, 1910. Many of them still remain on south Second, Third, and Fourth Streets. In the foreground, is South Main Street with the two story house at the right erected by pacific Fruit Express Co. for an ice plant official.
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