Lowry Nelson with volunteer workers from Price, Utah helping to construct the Midland Trail, Summer, 1913

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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
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Type Image
ARK ark:/87278/s6c831nr
Setname uum_map
ID 982536
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6c831nr
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