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Box 01, LLB, 3, SCA Main Stacks, Standard Shelf [Aisle: 13, Section: 1, Shelf: 6], PH--00460, E. W. Smith Glass Plate Negatives

Archival objects in this container:

  1. "Montana Tonopah Mine" a dog (center) lies in the road and mining buildings visible in background, Tonopah, Nevada: glass plate negative, approximately 1900 to 1909
  2. Two dogs lay next to an open box or cabinet, likely Tonopah, Nevada: glass plate negative, approximately 1900 to 1909
  3. Two young women pose wearing intricate ornamental necklaces: glass plate negative, approximately 1900 to 1909
  4. People stand on either side of Main Street; a hotel, drug store, and auto-livery are visible across the street, Tonopah, Nevada: glass plate negative, approximately 1900 to 1909
  5. Man (center) poses with two young boys on either side of him: glass plate negative, approximately 1900 to 1909
  6. Carts loaded with bags and lumber are parked in the center of the road with a team of burros hitched to the front, Tonopah, Nevada: glass plate negative, approximately 1900 to 1909
  7. "First water in Tonopah" a group of men gathered around an artisanal well-water spout with water flowing out, Tonopah, Nevada: glass plate negative, 1902 October 24
  8. "Tonopah extension" mining operation buildings, railroad extension line, and surrounding buildings in Tonopah, Nevada: glass plate negative, approximately 1900 to 1909
  9. "Lucky Jim" a group of men, women, and children stand in the foreground, town is visible in the background, Tonopah, Nevada: glass plate negative, approximately 1900 to 1909
  10. "Passenger house and freight yard, Tonopah R.R." piles of freight and goods are visible next to the railroad line in Tonopah, Nevada: glass plate negative, approximately 1900 to 1909
  11. "Main Street, Ellendale, NV" men stand in foreground, small camp with a few tents and temporary structures visible in background near Ellendale Mine outside Tonopah, Nevada: glass plate negative, 1909
  12. Mining building with mountain in the background, Tonopah, Nevada: glass plate negative, approximately 1900 to 1909
  13. Team of burros pull carts loaded with bags and lumber; Logan & Saylor Sample Room visibile in the background, Tonopah, Nevada: glass plate negative, approximately 1900 to 1909
  14. "MacNamara Mine" near Lida, Nevada: glass plate negative, approximately 1900 to 1909
  15. View of brush on mountain, possibly near Ellendale Mine outside Tonopah, Nevada: glass plate negative, approximately 1900 to 1909
  16. Train with smoke billowing out on tracks in Tonopah, Nevada: glass plate negative, approximately 1900 to 1909
  17. View of Tonopah, Nevada from a raised vantage point behind mining operations: glass plate negative, approximately 1900 to 1909
  18. "A burrow train on road to Gold Reef" three burrows, five men, and a dog stand on a dirt road: glass plate negative, approximately 1900 to 1909
  19. "Main Street, Manhattan" an early automobile drives down Main Street; Holt & Williams Horseshoe Club, C.A. Cassin groceries, jeweler, and drug store are visibile in background, Manhattan, Nevada: glass plate negative, approximately 1900 to 1909
  20. "The Prospector's Friend" close up portrait of a burro: glass plate negative, approximately 1900 to 1909
  21. "Origin of discovery [unclear] Foot Claim" unknown location, Nevada: glass plate negative, approximately 1900 to 1909
  22. Men and burros outside shops on the main road, likely Tonopah, Nevada: glass plate negative, approximately 1900 to 1909
  23. Team of burros pull wagons loaded with material; The Pullman and White's Hotel visible in the background, : glass plate negative, approximately 1900 to 1909
  24. "Drilling Contest, Sept. 1, 1902" street lined with onlookers and a small group of men compete in contest in the road, Tonopah, Nevada: glass plate negative, 1902 September 01