Stanley photographs, ca. 1875-1956 (bulk 1912-1950).

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Stanley photographs, ca. 1875-1956 (bulk 1912-1950).

Summary: Photographs, primarily snapshots, of Stanley's family and fellow students at St. John's Military School at Salina, Kansas about 1890-1892, Southern Pacific Railroad telegraph offices and employees, his ranch home on Wetmore Road, and friends including Ira E. Whitaker, Fred Pope, John L. Monahan, and Gustav Schneider. There are photographs of the Reichlieu Restaurant owned by D. Calisher, the Wong Bow Co. groceries, a Pueblo Indian foot race, a bank interior, and a woman at a typewriter about 1895. There are photographs of ranching, chuckwagon, and cowboys (not in Arizona) taken by photographers Roessle & Hoyt.

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Schneider, Gustav van Hemert, 1885-1951.

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Engineer, local historian, and mapmaker; worked for Southern Pacific Railroad from 1903 to 1948 in Tucson, Ariz. Previously worked for Arizona Eastern Railroad Co. He served as secretary for the Epes Randolph Veteran's Association; a group formed by men who worked for Epes Randolph on the old Randolph Railroad lines in Mexico, later part of the Southern Pacific Railway system. From the description of Schneider papers, 1867-1949 (bulk 1903-1930). (Arizona Historical Society, Southern ...

Southern Pacific railroad company

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The Southern Pacific Railroad was founded in 1865 and was purchased in 1869 by Collis Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins, better known as the Big Four. It was the first railroad to connect Los Angeles to the rest of California and its lines extended as far as New Orleans. In 1901, the Union Pacific Railroad bought 38% of Southern Pacific stock and took control of the company, but the Union Pacific was ultimately forced to divest these shares in 1912 by the U.S. Supreme...

Roessle & Hoyt,

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Stanley, Bruce Macy, 1872-1957.

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Biographical note: Manager of Southern Pacific Railroad Telegraph office, 1904-1937, in Tucson, Arizona. From the description of Stanley photographs, ca. 1875-1956 (bulk 1912-1950). (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 51332274 Manager of Southern Pacific Railroad Telegraph Office, 1904-1937, in Tucson, Ariz. He was affiliated with many fraternal organizations including the Order of Railroad Telegraphers and the National Association of...