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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Steel T-rail

Thamnophis radix

John W. Garrett and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad / Kathleen Waters Sander

Jar (Image withheld, pending review)

Bowl (Image withheld, pending review)

Gorham Roll of Honor, (sculpture)

Grinding stone

OPERATING SIGNAL AND INTERLOCKING RULES 1943 (REV. ED.); 1947 (REV. ED.)

Eurycea wilderae

Design for utilization / John S. Gallagher, Jr., Alan R. Cripe

Scheme of Alaska : Seattle, Wash. standpoint / United States Post Office Department, Railway Mail Service ... Thirteenth Division ; by direction of the Deputy Second Assistant Postmaster General, Surface Postal Transport

Plethodon shermani

Completion of the Railroad Ekaterininsk

locomotive builder's plate

Signal lights : a collector's reference to railroad signal lamps and highway warning devices / by David Dreimiller

The dummy / Elaine M. Peverly and William H. McLin

Kudos Affiliates!! February 2023

Bowl (Image withheld, pending review)

Tripod bowl (Image withheld, pending review)

locomotive builder's plate

Jar (Image withheld, pending review)

Stone Quarry, (painting)

Whistle (Image withheld, pending review)

Bow

SCM Marchant Model SKA

document holder

Santa Maria California Vegetables Crate Label

Bendix Air Races Collection - 1933 National Air Races (Los Angeles), Schedule of Events, July 1-4, 1933

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Bendix Air Races Collection - 1933 National Air Races (Los Angeles), Schedule of Events, July 1-4, 1933

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Archives

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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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The iron horse at war : the United States Government's photodocumentary project on American railroading during the Second World War / by James E. Valle ; with 272 of its photos. by Jack Delano

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