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Photograph of advertisements on ore wagons at Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

Unknown year in the decade of the 1900s

Description

Photograph of advertisements on ore wagons at Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

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Photograph of people seated in stands at Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

Unknown year in the decade of the 1900s

Description

Photograph of people seated in stands at Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

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Photograph of a family by their house, Alamo (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Joe Sharp and his family pictured outside of their home on the west side of Richardville, Nevada. Pictured from left to right; George Stowell, Mayme Stowell (Joe Sharp's daughter), Lawrence Sharp, Jewel Sharp Dimick, Mayme Catherine Richard Sharp, Keller (neighbor-boy), and Joseph Lewis Sharp, the son of Henry Sharp.

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Photograph of town, Tonopah (Nev.), circa 1900

Date

1899 to 1901

Description

This is a photograph of early Tonopah. This community came together and started this town in 1900 because of the discovery of silver-rich ore.

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Panoramic photograph of Clark's Las Vegas Townsite, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905-1925

Date

1905 to 1925

Description

Photo includes Union Pacific Railroad depot, Las Vegas Drug Store, laundry business and other buildings. The view is south-western with the intersection of Ogden Street and Main Street visible in the right center of the photograph. Approximate date 1909.

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Postcard of buildings on Main Street, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1920

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

Caption: Main Street, Goldfield, Nev,

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Postcard of a house made of barrels, Tonopah, (Nev.), 1900-1920

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

Caption: The Barrel House, Tonopah, Nevada

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Postcard of the Combination Mine and Mill, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1920

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

Caption: Combination Mine & Mill, Goldfield, Nevada

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Postcard of the Mohawk Mine operations, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1920

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

Caption: Famous Mohawk Mine of Goldfield, Nevada.

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Photograph of mining tower, Rhyolite (Nev.), circa 1925

Date

1924 to 1926

Description

The view of a mining tower between Mountain Ladd and Montgomery Mountain in Rhyolite, Nevada. Handwritten description provided on back of image: "between Mt. Ladd and Montgomery Mt. out in the middle of the alluvium. Tower documents attempt to reach bedrock. They went down 350 feet and didn't get to bedrock. See USGS Bulletin 407. - Ed Whipple, 12/19/78."

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