The Golden Spike Centennial Photograph Collection, 1969

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Summary Description
Repository:Utah State Historical Society
Call number:Mss C 328
Creator:
Title:Golden Spike Centennial Photograph Collection, 1969
Quantity:7 fds.
Abstract: Utah Travel Council photos taken at Promontory, Utah at the celebration of the centennial of completion of the transcontinental railroad.

Topics:
Golden Spike -- Centennial celebrations, etc. -- Photographs.

Organizations:
Utah.

Places:
Box Elder County (Utah) -- Photographs.
Promontory (Utah) -- Photographs.
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Background

Background Note

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Scope and Content

Utah Travel Council photos taken at Promontory, Utah at the celebration of the centennial of completion of the transcontinental railroad.
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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation:

Golden Spike Centennial Photograph Collection, 1969, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Acquired from the Utah Travel Council

Restrictions on Use

The Golden Spike Centennial Photograph Collection is the physical property of the Utah Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact the Historical Society for information regarding specific use of this collection.

Processing Information:

Collection processed by Susan Whetstone

Finding aid compiled by Susan Whetstone

Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000

Collection cataloged by Richard Saunders, 1989 (RLIN ID: UTSX89-A1210).

Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000.

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Container list

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Contents

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Golden Spike Reenactment
1. Unidentified speaker--Centennial celebration, 1969
2-5. Re-enactment--Joining of the Rails, 1969
6-7. Unidentified speaker--Centennial celebration, 1969
8. Re-enactment--Joining of the Rails, 1969
9. Unidentified speaker--Centennial celebration, 1969
10-14. Re-enactment--Joining of the Rails, 1969
15-16. Unidentified speaker--Centennial celebration, 1969
17. Re-enactment--Joining of the Rails, 1969
18-20. Unidentified speaker--Centennial celebration, 1969

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2

Golden Spike Reenactment (cont)
1. Unidentified speaker--Centennial celebration, 1969
2-7. Re-enactment--Joining of the Rails, 1969
8-9. Unidentified speaker--Centennial celebration, 1969
10. Re-enactment--Joining of the Rails, 1969
11. Unidentified speaker--Centennial celebration, 1969
12-14. Re-enactment--Joining of the Rails, 1969
15. Unidentified speaker--Centennial celebration, 1969
16. Re-enactment--Joining of the Rails, 1969
17. Unidentified speaker--Centennial celebration, 1969

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3

Golden Spike Reenactment (cont)
1--2. Flags--Centennial celebration
3. Grandstand
4. Flags/color guard
5-16. Re-enactment--Joining of the Rails, 1969
17-20. Unidentified speakers on grandstand-- Centennial celebration, 1969
21-32. Re-enactment--Joining of the Rails, 1969

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4

Golden Spike Reenactment (cont)
1-16. Unidentified speakers on grandstand-- Centennial celebration, 1969
17-34. Re-enactment--Joining of the Rails, 1969

1

5

Golden Spike Reenactment (cont)
1-9.. Re-enactment--Joining of the Rails, 1969
10-26. Unidentified speakers on grandstand--Centennial celebration, 1969
27-30. Re-enactment--Joining of the Rails, 1969

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6

Golden Spike Reenactment and Historic Photographs
1-12. Re-enactment--Joining of the Rails, 1969
13. Construction Camp--Central Pacific Railroad ("Victory"), 1869
14. Original station and post office [torn down/northeast of monument] (Promontory), 1948
15. Gov. Stanford's Special meets train of emigrants on trail
16. Jones, Judge Lewis, J. W. Howard, W. Vosco Call. Ross Bowen, Bernice Anderson
17. East side--Promontory Hill, July 1949
18-37. Re-enactment--Joining of the Rails, 1969

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7

Re-enactment--Joining of the Rails and grandstand, 1969 [50 2"x3" negatives]