Transcontinental Railroad

Operation

American History Museum

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Freight

UPRR Bill of Landing

UPRR Bill, 1884

UPRR Stock killed, 1887

UPRR Livestock Bill of Landing, 1891

UPRR freight rates, 1869

Tourism

Nelsons Pictorial Guide Book, Union Pacific Railroad (click cover to see inside)

Nelsons Pictorial Guide Book, Central Pacific Railroad (click cover to see inside)

Nelsons Pictorial Guide Book, Salt Lake City (click cover to see inside)

Telegraphy

Western Union completed the first Transcontinental telegraph in 1861, and the telegraph was essential for the Transcontinental Railroad as well. A telegraph message signalled the completion of the line, and would serve to coordinate train schedules and railroad operations in the decades to come.

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Central Pacific Telegraph Key

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Telegraph cross arm with ramshorn insulators, found near the Great Salt Lake

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Cladonia cervicornis subsp. verticillata (Hoffm.) Ahti

Railroad Yard with Shipyard in Background

View of Sangre De Cristo Pass: Looking Northeast from Camp North of Summit, August 11

Gelatin silver print of four 1927 Mississippi River flood images

Locomotive, erecting

Mississippi Highwater

Anolis auratus

Mailing Clerks Denver, Colorado Owney tag

20 Cents, Bank of the Northwest, Kalgan, China, 1925

Smilisca phaeota

Janney Coupler

The overland mail to the Pacific Coast, 1848-69 [microform] : a pioneer for settlement, the precursor of railroad / by LeRoy Hafen

Characidae

What Makes the Underground Railroad Such a Rich Opportunity for Storytelling

[Trade catalogs from Gary Screw and Bolt Co.]

Cedarville-Guelph Chert

Electric traction

Bendix Air Races Collection - Bendix Trophy Race, 1949 (2 of 4), 1949

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Bendix Air Races Collection - Bendix Trophy Race, 1949 (2 of 4), 1949

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Archives

The Bendix Corporation (1924-1983), manufacturers of devices for the automotive and aviation industries, sponsored the Bendix Trophy Race?a transcontinental speed competition for aircraft?annually from 1931-1939, then sporadically from 1946-1962. By this point in time, the Bendix Corporation?which had branched out to dominate the US market in aircraft radio and radar equipment during World War II?was producing missile and radar systems for the US military. In the 1960s Bendix was also building ground and airbourne telecommunications and telemetry systems for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The Bendix Field Engineering division worked on the construction of Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex 39 at the Merritt Island Launch Area (MILA) adjacent to Cape Canaveral, Florida, including the Apollo Launch Control Center, Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), and operational support equipment. Note: Please do not describe any images, photographs, or maps that appear in this project. We are only seeking transcriptions.

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This collection includes race-related materials from the Bendix Advertising and Publicity department, along with materials from other aviation events for which Bendix was a sponsor. Approximately a third of the collection relates to the corporation's activities from circa 1960 to 1983, including military and commercial avionics and communications systems, and support for the Unites States space program, particularly the construction of Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex 39.

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