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Photograph of the Hippodrome theater, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1920

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

Site Name: Hippodrome (Goldfield, Nev.)

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Photograph of women and children posing on Main Street, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

Description

Caption: No. 4 [?]
Site Name: Inverness Lodging House (Goldfield, Nev.)
Miners' Cash Store (Goldfield, Nev.)

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Photograph of street scene outside Chowder House and Overland Hotel, Round Mountain (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Site Name: Overland Hotel (Round Mountain, Nev.)
Oyster and Chowder House (Round Mountain, Nev.)

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Photograph of people, automobiles and wagons on Main Street, Pioneer (Nev.), 1900-1925

Description

Inscription on front reads: Welch & Tune Photo Goldfield Goldfield Nev Main St. Pioneer Nev. Per patron comment, the second business from the left is the Vienna Bakery Cafe, and a fire started there on May 7, 1909 that burned down all of the businesses in that row. Patron also noted that the sign on the back of the car reads "Alkali Bill's Auto Line," and this was a company that provided transportation from the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad depot in Springfield to Pioneer.

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Photograph Abandoned buildings, Rhyolite (Nev.), 1920

Date

1920

Description

Caption: Abandoned shacks in Rhyolite, Nev. Called the Ghost City. During the Gold Rush in 1906-7, Rhyolite had a population of 5,000. It is said that people had to elbow their way through the streets. Many substantial buildings were erected, some of which still stand dismantled of everything portable. At the beginning of 1920, Rhyolite is deserted with the exception of four persons.

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Photograph of streets of after the boom, Beatty (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Per patron comment, the building on the far left is the Beatty Cash Store, also known as Mom and Pop Richings' Store, but is now called the Beatty Club. It has signs for Red Crown Gasoline, as well as one that reads "Welcome to Leadfield," and could be from the late 1920s.
Caption: Beatty after the boom. Awaiting another one.

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Photograph of buildings along Main Street, Beatty (Nev.), circa 1929

Date

1928 to 1930

Description

In the center of the photograph is the California Hotel. The white two story building, farthest on the right side is reported to be The Exchange Club. It was established in 1906 and still stands. The Beatty Laundry building is on the left side of the photograph.
Caption: One of the two hotels
Site Name: The California Hotel (Beatty, Nev.)

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Photograph of street scene and Golden Block Building, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

Description

Site Name: Miners' Drug Store (Tonopah, Nev.)
Lathrop & Davis Tonopah Store (Tonopah, Nev.)

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Photograph of a double handed drilling contest, Tonopah (Nev.), July 26, 1904

Date

1906-07-26

Description

Caption: Drilling contest. Tonopah R.R. Carnival. Tonopah July 26 1904

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Photograph of Main Street looking toward Columbia Mountain, Goldfield, (Nev.), October 1904

Date

1904-10

Description

Caption: Main St. Goldfield Nev. Oct. 1904
Site Name: Peerless Cafe (Goldfield, Nev.)

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