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Photograph of Main Street in Silver Peak (Nev.), 1938

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Date

1938

Description

Main Street, Silver Peak, Nevada, 1938. There is an inscription on the back of the image: "In 1938, Silver Peak was Esmeralda County's largest and most prosperous town, boasting a population of over 1,000. The economy was supported chiefly by the nearby mines of the Nivloc and Mary Mine areas. The town's prosperity ended when the mines closed with the beginning of WWII." The section of town in the upper left corner of the photo, which included the post office, several stores and a theater was destroyed by fire in 1948. There is a date stamp: Christmas, 1986.

Digital ID

pho020543

Physical Identifier

0082_0028
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Citation

pho020543. Central Nevada Historical Society Photograph Collection. PH-00082. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1ms3k594.

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

Extent

2987 x 2201 pixels
4.98 x 3.67 inches
19,726,336 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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image/tiff