Union Pacific Railroad - Silver Spike Ceremony

Photograph

Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

0002:0270

Union Pacific Railroad - Silver Spike Ceremony to begin construction of the Boulder City branchline, September 17, 1930 [note Hispanic (?) band members] [NSMHS photo?]

Name/Title

Union Pacific Railroad - Silver Spike Ceremony

Entry/Object ID

0002:0270

Description

Union Pacific Railroad; Silver Spike Ceremony; to begin construction of the Boulder City branch line; September 17, 1930; note Hispanic (?) band members; NSMHS photo

Collection

Union Pacific Railroad

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

NSMHS

Role

Photographer

Date made

Sep 17, 1930 - Sep 17, 1930

Notes

Original or Negative: Original [NSMHS photo?]

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Silver Spike, Event

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: (8 x 10)

Location

* Untyped Location

Research Room, Photo Drawer 1

Date

October 8, 2025

Inventory

Inventoried By

Brandy Carlin

Inventoried Date

Jun 2, 2026

Notes

Digitized Photo BCHDDARPPC00020270

Provenance

Notes

NV. State Museum & Historical Society

General Notes

Note

Negative Location: N/A Notes: June 2015 PastPerfect Conversion

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

November 30, 2020

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

August 14, 2026