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Centennial crowd and Visitor's Center in background
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Telegraph reenactor, Golden Spike Centennial
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Union Station, Ogden, Utah
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Golden Spike Symposium
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Front page of Ogden Standard Examiner, Golden Spike Centennial Edition
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Sacramento Gold Spike Centennial Celebration Poster
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Golden Spike
Ceremonial spike from the joining of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific lines, May 10, 1869.
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Golden Spike Centennial Commission, seated at dinner, 1965
First Golden Spike Centennial Commission being entertained at a luncheon by the Thiokol Chemical Corp., May 10, 1965.
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Golden Spike Celebration 1965
Golden Spike Celebration, 1965 Gift of Bernice Gibbs Anderson.
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Reenactors at Golden Spike celebration, 1964
Golden Spike Celebration, 1964.
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Native American dancers, Golden Spike celebration, 1964
Golden Spike Celebration, 1964.
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Reenactors at Golden Spike celebration, 1963
Re-enactment of the driving of the Golden Spike, 1963.
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Golden Spike Celebration, 1942
I.P. Hopkins, left, division superintendent, Southern Pacific Railroad, Utah's Governor Herbert B. May and E.C. Schmidt, in charge of Public Relations Union Pacific railroad exhibit the "pulled golden spike" a replica of the original, before a cheering crowd at Promontory Summit Sept. 8, 1942 when the "Old Line" was dismantled.
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Crowd at trains, 1942 Golden Spike Celebration
This 1942 scene is typical of the earlier scene when in 1869 two locomotives faced each other at this identical location at Promontory Summit. The original golden spike was driven at a point between the two locomotives. A replica of the golden spike was pulled at this site September 8, 1942 in the presence of important state and railroad officials and interested spectators.
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Bernice Gibbs Anderson, windmill in background, 1963
Bernice Gibbs Anderson stands under on old windmill near the Golden Spike and Promontory Point monument site.