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This black and white photograph shows a group of Navajo Indian workers from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company. The men are using racine hand tampers to tamp ballast along a new rail line near Edwards Air Force Base in California.
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1950s and 1960s
Item Number: 220846
Call Number: ATSF Series 1, #6.31-0871
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 220846
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Construction and maintenance
Business and Industry - Railroad - Employees - Track
Business and Industry - Railroad - Tracks
Collections - Photograph - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Date - 1950s
Date - 1960s
People - American Indians - Tribes - Navajo
Places - Other States - California
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Construction and maintenance
Transportation - Railroads - Employees - Track
Transportation - Railroads - Tracks
Type of Material - Photographs
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