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Railroads -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Photographs of the West

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 245
Scope and Contents

Collection includes 138 photographs, 43 postcards, one tintype, and a newspaper with images of Western landscapes and public figures, with a particular focus on Colorado. Original images were taken between the 1840s and the 1920s.

Dates: approximately 1840-1929
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Photographs of the West

Andrew J. Russell photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 63
Scope and Contents

Collection includes original photographs taken by Andrew Joseph Russell around Utah and the western states. There are also modern reproductions and microfiche printings. Image features include Yellowstone, railroads, Native Americans, and early Utah settlers. One of the prints is a copy of the Russell photograph of the Samuel Ashton cabin and family.

Dates: 1868-1869
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Andrew J. Russell photographs

Thiokol Chemical Corporation photographs of Western railroads

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 317
Scope and Contents

Collection includes 70 photographs collected by Thiokol Chemical Corporation illustrating the history of the railroad in the West, including the linking of the rails at Promontory, Utah.

Dates: approximately 1869
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Thiokol Chemical Corporation photographs of Western railroads

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