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Photograph of Dyerbury building in Rhyolite, Nevada, circa early 1900s
Date
1920 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
An exterior view of the Dyerbury Building in Rhyolite, Nevada with broken windows. People and a parked car are in front of it.
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Photograph of Ghost Town, Rhyolite, Nevada, December 25, 1951
Date
1951-12-25
Archival Collection
Description
Photographic postcard of buildings in Rhyolite, Nevada. Text on front of postcard: "The Ghost Town of Rhyolite, Nevada"; Handwritten note on back of postcard: "Doris, Mabel & Frank took our picnic dinner to this town and ate it Dec 25, 1951 - almost a complete ghost town. We purchased this card in the bottle house of an old residenter who said he arrived in 1886 and would not live any place else".
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Photograph of a deserted railroad depot, Rhyolite (Nev.), 1920-1950
Date
1920 to 1950
Archival Collection
Description
A deserted railroad depot in the middle of the desert. A label at the bottom of the photo: "Once a busy railroad depot connecting Nevada and California, the skeletal remains of this station is one of the best preserved structures in Rhyolite."
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Photograph of railroad stamp, Rhyolite, Nevada, January 24, 1910
Date
1910-01-24
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from behind photograph, "Railroad post office stamp from a railroad post office car in either the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad or Bullfrog-Goldfield Railroad from Rhyolite, Nevada."
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Photograph of railroad stamp, Rhyolite, Nevada, January 24, 1910
Date
1910-01-24
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from behind photograph, "Railroad post office stamp from a railroad post office car in either the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad or Bullfrog-Goldfield Railroad from Rhyolite, Nevada."
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Photograph of Daylite Pass looking toward Rhyolite (Nev.), circa 1925
Date
1924 to 1926
Archival Collection
Description
A view of the Daylite Pass looking to Rhyolite, Nevada.
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View of the Cook Bank building in Rhyolite (Nev.): photographic print
Date
1993
Archival Collection
Description
Rhyolite, Nevada, 1993. Looking from the old school building out at the old Cook Bank to the left and the Porter General Store to the right. The school was constructed in 1908. The town folded around 1912. (photo by Don Walker)
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Postcard of house in Rhyolite, Nevada, circa early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Typed description provided on back of image: "This was our home in Rhyolite during 1909 and 1910. Left to right my sister Leila, my mother Mrs. Robert L. Sloan, my sister Margaret (4 yrs old) Nellie, age 8. Home was about 3 blocks from the school but I do not remember the street name. House showing to the right had blown from its foundation across the street and lodged against our house. It became our playhouse." From left to right: 1) Leila Faird; 2) Mrs. Robert L. Sloan; 3) Margaret Faird (age 4); and 4) Nellie (age 8).
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