Title |
Lowry Nelson with volunteer workers from Price, Utah helping to construct the Midland Trail, Summer, 1913 |
Photo Number |
P0115n01_02_09 |
Description |
Photo shows Lowry Nelson and other volunteers posing on a Denver & Rio Grande boxcar. Caption: "Summer 1913. Volunteer workers from Price helping to construct the Midland Trail as it was called, thru Price, Utah." |
Date |
1913 |
Textual Date |
1913 |
Keywords |
men; clothing and dress; railroad; hats; Midland Trail |
Subject |
Nelson, Lowry, 1893-1986--Photographs; Railroad cars--Photographs; Construction workers--Utah--Photographs |
Spatial Coverage |
Price (Utah); Carbon County (Utah) |
Additional Information |
Lowry Nelson (1893-1986) was a Utah native who became a sociologist. Among the subjects of his studies were various Mormon communities in rural Utah. His papers are at Utah State University. The Midland Trail was an early transcontinental auto road that passed through Green River, Provo, and Salt Lake City, Utah. The Carbon County section later became U.S. Highway 50 |
Collection Number and Name |
P0115 Lowry Nelson Photograph Collection |
Collection Name |
Lowry Nelson |
Rights |
|
Type |
Image |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6c831nr |
Setname |
uum_map |
ID |
982536 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6c831nr |