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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."
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."
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.
Stereoview photograph by A.J. Russell. Photograph features a group of railroad surveyors with their equipment in a camp in Weber Canyon in 1868.
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.
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.
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.
Color illustration depicting the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad. Caption: "BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD IN NEBRASKA."
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.
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.
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.
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."
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."
A hand-carved domino found in Utah, on loan from the Golden Spike National Historic Site.
A hand-carved domino found in Utah, on loan from the Golden Spike National Historic Site.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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…
A handful of hand-carved marbles in various colors and materials, found in an abandoned Utah town, now belonging to the Golden Spike National Historic Site.
A handful of hand-carved marbles in various colors and materials, found in an abandoned Utah town, now belonging to the Golden Spike National Historic Site.
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.