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Stereoview photograph #198 by Alfred Hart for the Central Pacific Railroad collection. Photograph features a railroad worker with a dump cart standing in the entrance to a tunnel in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Caption: "East Portal of Summit Tunnel,…
Stereoview photograph #109 by A.J. Russell captioned "Mormon Village, on line of Railroad, Echo Canyon." Photograph features a man sitting on a hill overlooking a Mormon settlement in Northern Utah.
Stereoview photograph of the Union Pacific Railroad celebration at the 100th meridian in October 1866. #219 in its collection. Features UPRR executives and several train cars. Captions: Union Pacific Rail Road, Excursion to the 100th Meridian,…
Carte-de-visite style photograph no. 333 entitled "Curving Iron, Ten Mile Canyon." Taken by Alfred Hart.
Carte-de-visite style photograph by Alfred Joseph Hart entitled, "Western Summit." Photograph features a Chinese railroad worker and the heading of a railroad tunnel. Caption: "Heading of East Portal, Tunnel No. 8, from Donner Lake Railroad, Western…
Carte-de-visite style photograph by Alfred Hart entitled, "Scene at Depot." Photograph features Native Americans at the Central Pacific Railroad Train Depot in Reno, Nevada. Caption: "Scene at Depot, at Reno."
Broadside advertisement published to announce the completion of the TCRR in 1869. The advertisement is printed in red and blue ink and lists the various towns, connections, and states available via the TCRR.
Color illustration depicting the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad. Caption: "BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD IN NEBRASKA."
A photograph of a photographer standing with a tripod on the banks of a river with a town in the background.
A photograph of a large group of men on a USRR train, presumably celebrating its completion.
Stereoview photograph by Charles Roscoe Savage for the Union Pacific Railroad collection entitled "Mouth of Tunnel No. 3." Photograph features 5 railroad workers (probably Chinese) in a cart on the tracks leading into the tunnel.
Stereoview photograph entitled "West End Tunnel, No. 3, Weber Canon. (sic)" Photograph features a crew of railroad workers standing in front of a tunnel dug through Weber Canyon in Utah. Some of the workers are dangling from the cliffs above.
Stereoview photograph #168 by A.J. Russell. The photograph features another photographer with his equipment against the background of a settlement with several other people.
The front page illustration of an anti-Mormon pamphlet entitled "Hell Upon Earth!" The woodcut illustration, titled "How Women and Girls are Ensnared" features a group of women and children being captured by Mormon men in a human skull, as well as…
Photograph of a photography cart taken by A.J. Russell in the desert. The cart is pulled by a horse and is functioning as a mobile darkroom.
Stereoview photograph by A.J. Russell. Photograph features a group of railroad surveyors with their equipment in a camp in Weber Canyon in 1868.
Stereoview photograph no. 150 by A.J. Russell captioned "Mormons Breaking Ground for Utah Central Railroad." Photo features a large group of people waiting for the groundbreaking ceremony.
A photograph of Bear River Canyon in Utah, taken by C.R. Savage in 1891. The photograph features a branch line of the Utah and Northern Railroad.
A photograph of Lake Blanche in the Wasatach Mountains of Utah taken by C.R. Savage in the 1870s.
A photograph taken by C.R. Savage of three railroad workers in the mouth of Tunnel No. 3 in Weber Canyon, Utah.
A photograph of a train in the Logan, Utah station of the Utah and Northern Railroad. The caption lists 1885, but the photo was probably taken earlier.
Woodcut illustration published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, depicting guests in a dining car on a Hotel Express Train. Caption: "ACROSS THE CONTINENT, ON THE PACIFIC RAILROAD - DINING SALOON OF THE HOTEL EXPRESS TRAIN."
An invoice listing supplies given by G.M. Dodge, chief engineer of the UPRR, to the federal government in Washington DC on December 28, 1869.
A letter written on August 2, 1868, from William Winn to his wife and children. William was an employee of the UPRR on a Mormon crew and wrote to his family frequently on Sundays. The letter describes his week and wishes his family well.
Carte-de-visite style photograph of the Prospect Hill railroad cut on the Central Pacific line by Alfred Hart. Photograph features multiple railroad workers and horse-drawn carts working on the cut. Caption: Prospect Hill Cut. Upper slope, 170 feet."
A woodcut illustration of two people practicing the early process of photography. Also features images of their tent and equipment.
Large wide-mouth food jar with brown/black glaze. Object recovered from Chinese railroad and mining camp in the Crescent Valley, Mt. Tenabo, Nevada. Gift from the Gladis Peterson Family to the USU Museum of Anthropology.
Large wide-mouth food jar with brown/black glaze. Object recovered from Chinese railroad and mining camp in the Crescent Valley, Mt. Tenabo, Nevada. Gift from the Gladis Peterson Family to the USU Museum of Anthropology.
Chinese liquor bottle with brown/black glaze. Object with unknown origin. Museum of Anthropology permanent collection.
Chinese liquor bottle with brown/black glaze. Object with unknown origin. Museum of Anthropology permanent collection.
Chinese liquor bottle with brown/black glaze. Object with unknown origin. Utah State University Museum of Anthropology permanent collection.
Soy pot with brown/black glaze. Object with unknown origin. Utah State University Museum of Anthropology permanent collection.
Soy pot with brown/black glaze. Object with unknown origin. Utah State University Museum of Anthropology permanent collection.
Soy pot with brown/black glaze. Object with unknown origin. Utah State University Museum of Anthropology permanent collection.
Porcelain Four Seasons spoon. Object with unknown origin. Museum of Anthropology permanent collection.
Porcelain Four Seasons cup. Object recovered from Chinese railroad and mining camp in the Crescent Valley, Mt. Tenabo, Nevada. Gift from the Gladis Petersen Family to the USU Museum of Anthropology.
Porcelain Four Seasons cup. Object recovered from Chinese railroad and mining camp in the Crescent Valley, Mt. Tenabo, Nevada. Gift from the Gladis Petersen Family to the USU Museum of Anthropology.
Celadon tea cup. Object recovered from Chinese railroad and mining camp in the Crescent Valley, Mt. Tenabo, Nevada. Gift from the Gladis Petersen Family to the USU Museum of Anthropology.
Medicinal bottle. Object recovered from Chinese railroad and mining camp in the Crescent Valley, Mt. Tenabo, Nevada. Gift from the Gladis Petersen Family to the USU Museum of Anthropology.
Medicinal bottle. Object recovered from Chinese railroad and mining camp in the Crescent Valley, Mt. Tenabo, Nevada. Gift from the Gladis Petersen Family to the USU Museum of Anthropology.
Medicinal bottle. Object recovered from Chinese railroad and mining camp in the Crescent Valley, Mt. Tenabo, Nevada. Gift from the Gladis Petersen Family to the USU Museum of Anthropology.
Metal Tobacco Pipe. Found in Chinese railroad and mine camp in Cresent Valley, Mt. Tienabo, Nevada. Gift of Gladis Petersen and Family to the USU Museum of Anthropology.
This pickle bottle was found along the railroad in Utah. On loan from the Golden Spike National Historic Site.
This pickle bottle was found along the railroad in Utah. On loan from the Golden Spike National Historic Site.
A beer bottle from the Christian Moerlein Brewing Company in Cincinatti, Ohio. Found in Utah, on loan from the Golden Spike National Historic Site.
A beer bottle from the Christian Moerlein Brewing Company in Cincinatti, Ohio. Found in Utah, on loan from the Golden Spike National Historic Site.