The Tonopah, Nevada Promotional Film consists of a ten-minute promotional film of Tonopah, Nevada from approximately 1912 to 1918. The film shows a celebration that took place primarily in front of the Mizpah Hotel as well as shots of Tonopah and surrounding mining operations. The original nitrate film was found in the basement of the Mizpah Hotel when Frank E. Scott, Chairman of the Union Plaza Hotel, bought and renovated the Mizpah in 1980.
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From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, an envelope, a typed transcription of the same letter, and a copy of original letter attached.
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Materials contain photographic slides of neon signs in Boulder City, Nevada from 1986.
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Materials contain photographic slides of neon signs in Winnemucca, Nevada from 1930 to 1986.
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Materials contain photographic slides of neon signs in Elko, Nevada from 1928 to 1986.
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Materials contain photographic slides of neon signs in Ely, Nevada from 1920 to 1986.
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