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Photograph of the ghost town in Rhyolite, Nevada, December 25, 1951

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Date

1951-12-25

Description

The ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada with a handwritten inscription on back by Dortis Hancock: "Doris, Mabel, and Frank ate our Christmas picnic dinner in the car in front of the "bank" - the tall building in ruins - Dec. 25, 1951. We had a grand time. This card was purched in the bottle - house from an old resident who claimed to have arrived there in 1886 and declared he wouldn't want to live any place else".

Digital ID

pho014074

Physical Identifier

0003_0134
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    pho014074. Doris Hancock Photograph Collection. PH-00003. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1k06x32w.

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    Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

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    3313 x 2218 pixels
    5.52 x 3.70 inches
    22,045,582 bytes

    Language

    English

    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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