Liquor bottle; Chinese-American history
Chinese liquor bottle with brown/black glaze. Object with unknown origin. Utah State University Museum of Anthropology permanent collection.
Unknown
Utah State University Museum of Anthropology, 10A60
Utah State University Libraries
Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library
Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu])
Chinese liquor bottle with brown/black glaze. Object with unknown origin. Museum of Anthropology permanent collection.
Ceramic jar; Chinese-American history; Mt. Tenabo, Nevada; railroad; mining
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.
Utah State University Museum of Anthropology, 07.02.01
Mt. Tenabo, Nevada
Shay Larson
Tiana Godfrey
Mikkel Robb
early photography; woodcut illustration; wetplate photography; History and Handbook of Photography
A woodcut illustration of two people practicing the early process of photography. Also features images of their tent and equipment.
unknown
History and Handbook of Photography; Utah State University Libraries
DNO-0052_Photography and Exploration.jpg
transcontinental railroad; Alfred Hart; Prospect Hill; early photography; carte-de-visite; Central Pacific Railroad
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."
Alfred Hart
Stanford Libraries, Department of Special Collections, Hart Collection https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/yb433kj3107
Stanford University Libraries
California
transcontinental railroad; Mormon history; William Winn; Union Pacific Railroad; Weber Canyon; Utah history
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.
William Winn
BYU Harold B. Lee Special Collections and Archives, MSS SC 609, William Winn collection
Permission granted from BYU Harold B. Lee Special Collections
Weber Canyon, Utah
G.M. Dodge; Union Pacific railroad; Utah history; transcontinental railroad
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.
G.M. Dodge
BYU Harold B. Lee Special Collections and Archives, MSS SC 1160.
Slat Lake City, Utah
Dining car illustration from "Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper"
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper; Transcontinental Railroad; Pacific Railroad; dining car; rail travel; woodcut illustration; Hotel Express Train
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."
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper; Utah State University Libraries
DNO-0054_Wagon train illustration from Leslie's Illustrated.jpg
Salt Lake City, Utah
Utah and Northern Railroad; Logan, Utah; Union Pacific Railroad; Utah history
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.
Utah State University Special Collections and Archives, A-board Historical Photo collection, A-0003
Logan, Utah
Union Pacific Railroad; Weber Canyon; Utah history; C.R. Savage
A photograph taken by C.R. Savage of three railroad workers in the mouth of Tunnel No. 3 in Weber Canyon, Utah.
Charles Roscoe Savage
Utah State University Special Collections and Archives, A-board Historical Photo collection, A-1447
Brigham Young; Charles Ellis Johnson; portraits; Utah history; LDS Church history
A portrait of Brigham Young taken by Charles Ellis Johnson c. 1868.
Charles Ellis Johnson
Utah State University Special Collections and Archives, A-board Historical Photo collection, A-3392a
"Lake Blanche. Heart of the Wasatch Mts. Utah" 1870s
Lake Blanche; Wasatach Mountains; Utah; C.R. Savage
A photograph of Lake Blanche in the Wasatach Mountains of Utah taken by C.R. Savage in the 1870s.
Utah State University Special Collections and Archives, C.R. Savage photograph collection, P0038, Box 1, Image 58
Lake Blanche, Wasatch Mountains, Utah
"East end of Bear River Canon. Utah. U & N Branch. U.P.RY" 1891
Bear River Canyon; Utah and Northern Railroad; C.R. Savage
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.
Utah State University Special Collections and Archives, C.R. Savage photograph collection, P0038, Box 1, Image 52
Beaver Canyon, Utah
"Breaking Ground for the Utah Central Railroad"
early photography; Utah Central Railroad; Utah history; Andrew Joseph Russell; stereoview; Mormon history
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.
Andrew Joseph Russell
University of Iowa Libraries, Special Collections, Levi Leonard collection
Permission granted from the University of Iowa
DNO-0045_Breaking Ground for the Utah Central Railroad.jpg
Salt Lake City, Utah; Ogden, Utah
early photography; railroad survey; Transcontinental Railroad; Union Pacific Railroad; Weber Canyon, Utah; Utah history; Andrew Joseph Russell
Stereoview photograph by A.J. Russell. Photograph features a group of railroad surveyors with their equipment in a camp in Weber Canyon in 1868.
Early photography; Andrew Joseph Russell
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.
Oakland Museum of California
Front page of "Hell Upon Earth" pamphlet
Mormon history; Utah history; W. Jarman; Salt Lake City, Utah; Mountain Meadow Massacre; pamphlet
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 references to Mormon activities like "Salt Lake City" and a sign pointing to "Mountain Meadow". The author is listed as "W. Jarman, Ex-Mormon Priest, from Salt Lake City, Utah."
W. Jarman
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
Permission granted from Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
DNO-0050_Front page of the Hell Upon Earth pamphlet.jpg
Transcontinental railroad; Andrew Joseph Russell; Utah history; early photography; camera
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.
Transcontinental railroad; Union Pacific Railroad; Weber Canyon; Utah history; early photography; stereoview
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.
Permission granted from the Union Pacific Museum
DNO-0046_West End Tunnel, No. 3, Weber Canyon.jpg
transcontinental railroad; C.R. Savage; early photography; Union Pacific Railroad; Chinese immigration; Utah history
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.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church History Library
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Permission granted from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Utah
Utah Southern Railroad; Utah history; early photography; rail travel; Salt Lake City, Utah
A photograph of a large group of men on a USRR train, presumably celebrating its completion.
Utah State Historical Society https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bv7r3b
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Permission granted from Utah State Historical Society
Utah Southern Railroad; Utah history; early photography; rail travel; train depot; Nephi, Utah
A photograph of a train engine marked "USRR" in a train station.
Utah State Historical Society https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gm8gs6
Nephi, Utah
early photography; Andrew Joseph Russell; Union Pacific railroad; transcontinental railroad; Echo, Utah
A photograph of a photographer standing with a tripod on the banks of a river with a town in the background.
Echo, Utah
Union Pacific Railroad; Nebraska history; transcontinental railroad
Color illustration depicting the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad. Caption: "BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD IN NEBRASKA."
Union Pacific Railroad
DNO-0046_Building the Union Pacific in Nebraska.jpg
Nebraska
Color broadside advertising the completion of the transcontinental railroad
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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.
DNO-0046_Color broadside advertising the completion of the transcontinental railroad.jpg
Omaha, Nebraska; San Francisco, California; Cheyenn, Wyoming; Denver, Colorado; Corinne, Utah; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Helena, Montana; Salt Lake City, Utah; Virginia City, Nevada; Arizona
Transcontinental Railroad; Alfred Hart; Reno, Nevada; Central Pacific Railroad; early photography; carte-de-visite
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."
Reno, Nevada
transcontinental railroad; Alfred Hart; Donner Lake; Central Pacific Railroad; California history; early photography; carte-de-visite
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 Summit."
Stanford Libraries, Department of Special Collections, Hart Collection https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/gv106fk5547
DNO-0048_Heading of East Portal Tunnel No 8.jpg
Sierra Nevada Mountains, California
Retreat Canyon; Utah geology; Charles William Carter; Transcontinental Railroad; early photography; carte-de-visite
Carte-de-visite style photograph no. 333 entitled "Curving Iron, Ten Mile Canyon." Taken by Alfred Hart.
Stanford Libraries, Department of Special Collections, Hart Collection https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/wb922jr7345
DNO-0048_Curving Iron, Ten Mile Canyon.jpg
Retreat Canyon, Utah
Transcontinental Railroad; Union Pacific Railroad; J. Carbutt; Omaha, Nebraska
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, October 1866. Photographed by J. Carbutt, Chicago, under the Auspices of the Union Pacific Rail Road Company. The Directors of the UPRR at the 100th Mer.
John Carbutt
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2005682857/
Library of Congress
DNO-0049_View from the 100th Meridian excursion.jpg
Near Omaha, Nebraska
Transcontinental railroad; Echo Canyon; Mormon; Utah history; early photography; stereoview: Andrew Joseph Russell
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.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2005689281/
Echo Canyon, Utah
California history; transcontinental railroad; Central Pacific Railroad; Sierra Nevada mountains; Alfred Hart
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, Western Summit. Length 1,660 feet."
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division (C-DIG-stereo-1s00547, LOT 11477, no. 100) http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/94505498/
DNO-0049_East Portal of Summit Tunnel.jpg
Humboldt Plains; Nevada; Central Pacific Railroad, transcontinental railroad; Nevada history; early photography; Alfred Hart
Stereoview photograph #317 by Alfred Hart for the Central Pacific Railroad collection. It is a photo of railroad workers building the road at the end of the Central Pacific Line when it was on the Humboldt Plains.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2005683011/
DNO-0049_End of Track on Humboldt Plains.jpg
Humboldt, Kansas
Utah history; Union Pacific Railroad; transcontinental railroad; William Henry Jackson; Corinne, Utah; John Kupfer; early photography; stereoview
Stereoview photograph no. 68 in the "Scenery of the Union Pacific Railroad" collection by W.H. Jackson. Features one man, John Kupfer Watchmaker and Jeweler's store, several hardware stores, and a painter's shop.
William Henry Jackson
DNO-0046_Street View in Corinne, Utah.jpg
Corinne, Utah
Union Pacific Railroad broadside advertisement
transcontinental railroad; union pacific railroad; advertisement; Omaha, Nebraska; North Platte, Nebraska; Chicago, Illinois; Samuel B. Reed; W. Snyder
Broadside advertisement for the Union Pacific Railroad as far as it was completed in 1867. Features a woodcut illustration of a train car, lists of amenities, and details about the completed route.
Union Pacific Railroad Company
DNO-0046_UPRR broadside advertisement.jpg
Omaha, Nebraska; North Platte, Nebraska; Chicago, Illinois
Union Pacific Railroad; Transcontinental Railroad; Omaha; Fort Kearney; New York; San Francisco; Great Platte Valley Route; O.F. Davis
A map of the Great Platte Valley Route of the Union Pacific Railroad and its connections, produced by land agent O.F. Davis. Captions: "The Highway of Nations. New York, San Francisco." "1,000,000 Acres of Choice Farming Land re now offered for Sale between Omaha and Fort Kearney. O.F. Davis, Land Agent, Omaha.
O.F. Davis, Land Agent
DNO-0046_Map of the Great Platte Valley Route.jpg
Omaha, Nebraska
Union Pacific Railroad; Transcontinental Railroad; Devil's Gate; early photography; Utah history; railroad construction; Andrew Joseph Russell
Stereoview photograph taken by A.J. Russell for the Union Pacific's Railroad Views collection. Photograph is entitled, "Devil's Gate Bridge" and features a train with a car full of men crossing the bridge.
Union Pacific Museum
Devil's Gate, Utah
Promontory Point; golden spike; Utah history; transcontinental railroad; Central Pacific Railroad; Union Pacific Railroad; Andrew Joseph Russell
Stereoview photograph by A.J. Russell entitled "Promontory Utah." Features one man in an otherwise empty frontier town. This stereoview was part of the Union Pacific Rail Road Views collection.
Promontory, Utah
"Directors of the North Western RR at Echo City"
Echo City, Nevada; North Western Railroad; stagecoach; ranch; Nevada history; early photography; Andrew Joseph Russell
Originally a stereoview photograph by A.J. Russell. Number 128, titled "Directors of the North Western RR at Echo City." Photograph features men and women on the porch of a farm house with a mountains in the background and a stagecoach in the foreground.
Oakland Museum of California http://collections.museumca.org/?q=collection-item/h694591949
DNO-0047_Directors of the North Western RR at Echo City.jpg
Echo City, Nevada
early photography; Andrew Joseph Russell; railroad surveying; Clarence King; Union Pacific Railroad; Utah history; Uintah mountains
Originally a stereoview photograph by A.J. Russell, number 91. Title: "Photographing Under Difficulties." This photograph depicts the Clarence King surveying party in the Uintah mountains, climbing a steep cliff with all of their equipment.
Oakland Museum of California, Stereographic Collodion Glass Plate Negative Collection, no. 254 http://collections.museumca.org/?q=collection-item/h694592211
DNO-0047_Photographing Under Difficulties.jpg
"Looking up the Weber From the Top of Tunnel No. 4"
Early photography; Andrew Joseph Russell; Union Pacific railroad; transcontinental railroad; Utah History; Weber Canyon
Originally a stereoview photograph by A.J. Russell entitled "Looking up the Weber." Numbered as 194. Photograph features a railroad bridge before the entrance of Weber Canyon and a man walking along the tracks.
Oakland Museum of California http://collections.museumca.org/?q=collection-item/h694592004
DNO-0047_Looking up the Weber From the Top of Tunnel No. 4.jpg
Transcontinental Railroad; Andrew Joseph Russell; Mormon history; Utah history; early photography; stereoview; Union Pacific Railroad
Stereoview photograph #372 by A.J. Russell. The photograph features a group of (probably Mormon) men working on a cut in Weber Canyon.
Oakland Museum of California http://collections.museumca.org/?q=collection-item/h694592298
Transcontinental Railroad; Union Pacific Railroad; early photography; stereoview; Golden Spike; Promontory Point, Utah; Utah history; Chinese immigration history; Andrew Joseph Russell
tereoview photograph #539 from the Union Pacific Railroad collection by A.J. Russell. Photograph features railroad workers laying the last few rails of the road at Promontory Point in Utah. Specifically, the Chinese workers are laying the last of the line. Train engine visible in the background.
Oakland Museum of California http://collections.museumca.org/?q=collection-item/h694592426-0
Promontory Point, Utah
Promontory Point; golden spike; Utah history; transcontinental railroad; Central Pacific Railroad; Union Pacific Railroad
Large-format print entitled "East and West Shaking Hands." The photograph features the two trains of the Union and Central Pacific lines meeting at Promontory Point with executives and crew members from both lines.
Oakland Museum of California http://collections.museumca.org/?q=collection-item/h694592030
DNO-0047_East and West shaking hands.jpg
Promontory Summit, Utah
Blue Creek; Union Pacific Railroad; Utah history; early photography; Andrew Joseph Russell
Large-format print no. 513 by A.J. Russell entitled Paymaster's Car, Blue Creek." The photograph features a crew of railroad workers sitting around and on the paymaster's train car, telegraph wires, and a backdrop of the mountains.
Oakland Museum of California http://collections.museumca.org/?q=collection-item/h694592402
DNO-0047_Paymaster's Car, Blue Creek.jpg
Blue Creek, Box Elder County, Utah
Echo Canyon; Andrew Joseph Russell; farm; homestead; Warner family; Whitman family; Utah history; early photography
Large-format print no. 125 by A.J. Russell entitled "Warner and Whitman's at Echo." The photograph features two families standing near a farmhouse on a farm in rural Utah.
Oakland Museum of California http://collections.museumca.org/?q=collection-item/h694591946
DNO-0047_Warner and Whitman's at Echo.jpg