An unidentified woman, Marta Sorkin (University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries employee) and Bill Wright (general manager of the Las Vegas Review-Journal) at a University Library Society reception, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Retired U.S. Federal Judge Roger D. Foley (back to camera) and University Library Society President Helen Mortenson at a University Library Society reception, Las Vegas, Nevada.
The funeral procession for Sheriff Thomas W. Logan, led by a musical band, down a main street in Tonopah, Nevada. People watch from the sides of the street and from balconies. Logan was shot and killed in the line of duty on April 7, 1906. Caption: "Funeral of Sheriff Thomas Logan, in Tonopah, Nev." Photo is probably by H. T. Shaw.
Joe Andre owned this fountain and grocery located next door to the Exchange Club, which he also owned. This fountain was a major bus stop for the Las Vegas, Tonopah, and Reno stages. The sign reads: "groceries, Andre's Drugs, fountain lunch." A bus and car are parked in front.
Harold Minsky posing next to a poster advertising Minsky's Follies appearing in the Blue Room. Site Name: Fairmont Hotel (New Orleans, La.) Street Address: 123 Baronne Street
Main street in Manhattan, Nevada, early 1907. There is an inscription on the back of the image. "Manhattan, founded when gold was discovered in the area in 1905, has produced over $ 10,000,000." There is a date stamp Christmas 1978. Street Address: Main Street
Silver Peak, Nevada in the 1940s. There is an inscription on the back of the image. "Silver Peak was founded in the early 1860s and the area has produced over $17,500,000 in gold and silver. Today its major product is lithium, mined by the Foote Mineral company from the marsh east of town." There is a stamp October 1978.
Tonopah, Nevada, May 1901. There is an inscription on the back of the image: "Tonopah's rich silver ledges were discovered in May of 1900 by Jim Butler." By 1910 Tonopah had become the largest city in Nevada. Its mines produced over $ 150,000,000 in silver and gold. Tonopah is a Shoshone Indian word meaning "Water Brush." There is a date stamp: Christmas 1979.