Silver Spike Ceremony

Photograph

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Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

0012:0001: Silver Spike Ceremony - inauguration of construction of the Union Pacific Railroad branch line from Bracken Junction to Boulder City, September 17, 1930 [holding the spike is Ray Lyman Wilbur, Sr., Secretary of the Interior] [Winthrop Davis, photographer] [acc. no. 998.050]
0012:0001

Silver Spike Ceremony - inauguration of construction of the Union Pacific Railroad branch line from Bracken Junction to Boulder City, September 17, 1930 [holding the spike is Ray Lyman Wilbur, Sr., Secretary of the Interior] [Winthrop Davis, photographer] [acc. no. 998.050]

Name/Title

Silver Spike Ceremony

Entry/Object ID

0012:0001

Description

Silver Spike Ceremony - inauguration of construction of the Union Pacific Railroad branch line from Bracken Junction to Boulder City, September 17, 1930; holding the spike is Ray Lyman Wilbur, Sr., Secretary of the Interior; Winthrop Davis, photographer; acc. no. 998.050

Collection

Railroads/Locomotives, Union Pacific Railroad, Boulder City Construction, Bureau of Reclamation

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Davis, Winthrop A.

Role

Photographer

Date made

Sep 17, 1930 - Sep 17, 1930

Notes

Original or Negative: Original [Winthrop Davis, photographer] [acc. no. 998.050]

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Research Room, Photo Drawer 11

Date

June 8, 2026

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

August 17, 2021

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

June 22, 2026