California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Western Union line men erecting the Hoover Dam line along the right-of-way of the branch railroad of Union Pacific Railroad, ca.1900

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Western Union line men erecting the Hoover Dam line along the right-of-way of the branch railroad of Union Pacific Railroad, ca.1900

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Photograph of Western Union line men erecting the Hoover Dam line along the right-of-way of the branch railroad of Union Pacific Railroad, ca.1900. At center, a group of five men help to push a utility pole upright from its base, while a sixth at right uses a pole to push the top. Farther left, a seventh supervises. An automobile can be seen near railroad tracks in the background.; Photoprint reads "Wherever a railroad is built there must be a means of communication for train dsipatchers. Here is a crew of Western Union line men putting the Hoover Dam line in shape along the right-of-way of the branch RR of the Union Pacific. This line will run into Boulder City with the RR with branches to Hoover Dam site. Five units of wires will serve the outside county with news of the progress of work and other items going over these wires".

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Title Western Union line men erecting the Hoover Dam line along the right-of-way of the branch railroad of Union Pacific Railroad, ca.1900

Subject Building (lcsh), Deserts (adlf), Railroads (lcsh), Telegraph (lcsh), Transportation -- Railroads -- General (file heading), Union Pacific Railroad (subject), Western Union (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Nevada (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1900

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12069

Identifier 43693 (accession number), CHS-43693 (call number), CHS-43693 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11564 (legacy record id), chs-m12069 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-12221 (legacy record id), 84-1-2142 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11564

Unique identifier UC129944

Legacy Identifier CHS-43693.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.2 in × 21.0 in at 300dpi
41.3 cm × 53.3 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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