Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's switch engines, Victorville, California
Creator: Bradley, R. Collins
Date: Bewteen 1950 and 1959
This photograph shows two Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company switch engines as the westbound and eastbound freights meet at the Mojave Desert, just west of MP 39.1 on the First District of the Los Angeles Division, near Victorville, California.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company freight train
Date: Between 1950 and 1959
This photograph shows an eastbound Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company freight train traveling through an unidentified location.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company switch engines, Victorville, California
Creator: Bradley, R. Collins
Date: Between 1950 and 1959
This photograph show three Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company switch engines traveling through the Mojave Desert near Victorville, California.

Cactus - east of Phoenix, AZ
Creator: Hughes, James Clark, 1888-1964
Date: Fall 1923
In this photo the family has stopped east of Phoenix, Arizona to take a picture of a cactus and the desert. Twelve year old James Renwick Hughes poses outside the car. The rest of the family can be seen inside. The family must have been on their way to the next military base, Fort Sam Houston. James Clark Hughes was born in Topeka, Kansas, in 1888, and served in the Mexican Border Conflict, World War I, and World War II. He used an autographic camera to take pictures of friends, family, and places in the United States and Europe during World War I. A full biography of James Clark Hughes is available at the link below to Kansapedia.