Creepy Clowns v. Pokemon Go
This meme has an image of a clown and a caption, "Haven't heard about Pokemon Go since we showed up, have you? ... You're welcome."
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Creepy/Scary Clowns
This picture of two creepy clowns in the woods has a caption, "Do you want to get shot? ... 'Cause this is how you'll get shot."
Creepy Clowns panic on Facebook
This screen capture of a Facebook post advises people on how to be safe from the creepy clowns
Dakota Access Pipeline
A group of people stand in front of a teepee holding glowing letter signs which together spell "PROTECTORS."
Brock Turner's Rape Sentence
Some statistics about Brock Turner's Rape Sentence
Martha Stewart was in prison longer than Brock Turner
Brock Turner and Rape Culture
Rape culture includes both Brock Turner's short rape sentence and Trump's lewd comments
North Korea plans to invade. Thanks Obama.
Thanks Obama
Thanks Obama meme. "North Korea plans to invade. ... Thanks Obama."
Thanks, Obama. She used to be Hannah Montana
Thanks, Obama meme
This Thanks, Obama meme complains that "She was Hannah Montana when Bush was president."
DAPL
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Utah Southern Railroad; Utah history; early photography; rail travel; train depot; Nephi, Utah
A photograph of a train engine marked "USRR" in a train station.
Utah State Historical Society https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gm8gs6
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Permission granted from Utah State Historical Society
Nephi, Utah
Utah Southern Railroad; Utah history; early photography; rail travel; Salt Lake City, Utah
A photograph of a large group of men on a USRR train, presumably celebrating its completion.
Utah State Historical Society https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bv7r3b
Salt Lake City, Utah
Utah and Northern Railroad; Logan, Utah; Union Pacific Railroad; Utah history
A photograph of a train in the Logan, Utah station of the Utah and Northern Railroad. The caption lists 1885, but the photo was probably taken earlier.
Utah State University Special Collections and Archives, A-board Historical Photo collection, A-0003
Utah State University Libraries
Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library
Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu])
Logan, Utah
early photography; woodcut illustration; wetplate photography; History and Handbook of Photography
A woodcut illustration of two people practicing the early process of photography. Also features images of their tent and equipment.
History and Handbook of Photography; Utah State University Libraries
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Ceramic jar; Chinese-American history; Mt. Tenabo, Nevada; railroad; mining
Large wide-mouth food jar with brown/black glaze. Object recovered from Chinese railroad and mining camp in the Crescent Valley, Mt. Tenabo, Nevada. Gift from the Gladis Peterson Family to the USU Museum of Anthropology.
Utah State University Museum of Anthropology, 07.02.01
Mt. Tenabo, Nevada
Liquor bottle; Chinese-American history
Chinese liquor bottle with brown/black glaze. Object with unknown origin. Museum of Anthropology permanent collection.
Utah State University Museum of Anthropology, 10A60
Chinese liquor bottle with brown/black glaze. Object with unknown origin. Utah State University Museum of Anthropology permanent collection.
Soy sauce bottle; Chinese-American history
Soy pot with brown/black glaze. Object with unknown origin. Utah State University Museum of Anthropology permanent collection.
Utah State University Museum of Anthropology, 95.99.11
Porcelain spoon; Chinese-American history
Porcelain Four Seasons spoon. Object with unknown origin. Museum of Anthropology permanent collection.
Utah State University Museum of Anthropology, 07.02.09
Porcelain cup; Chinese-American history; Mt Tenabo, Nevada
Porcelain Four Seasons cup. Object recovered from Chinese railroad and mining camp in the Crescent Valley, Mt. Tenabo, Nevada. Gift from the Gladis Petersen Family to the USU Museum of Anthropology.
Utah State University Museum of Anthropology, 07.02.10, 13
Celadon cup; Chinese-American history; Mt. Tenabo, Nevada
Celadon tea cup. Object recovered from Chinese railroad and mining camp in the Crescent Valley, Mt. Tenabo, Nevada. Gift from the Gladis Petersen Family to the USU Museum of Anthropology.
Medicinal bottle; Chinese medicine; Chinese-American history; Mt. Tenabo, Nevada; eucalyptus oil; opium
Medicinal bottle. Object recovered from Chinese railroad and mining camp in the Crescent Valley, Mt. Tenabo, Nevada. Gift from the Gladis Petersen Family to the USU Museum of Anthropology.
Utah State University Museum of Anthropology, 07.02.20, 23, 31
Tobacco pipe; Chinese-American history; Mt. Tenabo, Nevada
Metal Tobacco Pipe. Found in Chinese railroad and mine camp in Cresent Valley, Mt. Tienabo, Nevada. Gift of Gladis Petersen and Family to the USU Museum of Anthropology.
Utah State University Museum of Anthropology, 07.02.06
Pickle bottle; food preservation; Utah history
This pickle bottle was found along the railroad in Utah. On loan from the Golden Spike National Historic Site.
Utah
Dominoes; gambling; Utah history; railroad construction
A hand-carved domino found in Utah, on loan from the Golden Spike National Historic Site.
Medicine bottle; Chinese-American history; Transcontinental Railroad; Opioid medicines; Chinese
Glass medicine bottle with Chinese calligraphy writing (untranslated) on the label. Found near and on loan from the Golden Spike National Historic Site.
Promontory Point, Utah
Opium; Chinese-American history; Transcontinental railroad; Chinese
A tin lid from an opium container with Chinese characters stamped in the top.
Silverware; Transcontinental railroad
A rust-covered knife and spoon found in the remains of a transcontinental work site. The knife is engraved with several words including "exchange."
Railroad construction; Utah history; Transcontinental Railroad
A cross-section of a rail from a nineteenth century railroad line.
A rusted railroad spike from a nineteenth century railroad line in Utah.
Link and pin coupler from a nineteenth century train, found in Utah.
A rusted pick head used on a nineteenth century railroad in Utah.
A broken pin from a nineteenth century train.
A link from a nineteenth century link-and-coupler set.
Two railcar links, one broken and one whole.
A complete link-and-coupler set, intact but rusted.