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Stone depot: photographic print

Date

1967-07-29

Description

View of stone depot in Rhyolite. Typewritten on photo sleeve: "MASSIVE STONE DEPOT which once served three separate railroads - the Tonopah and Tidewater, the Bullfrog and Goldfield, and the Las Vegas and Tonopah - now is the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Heisler, who have filled the lower floors with mementos of Rhyolite's short bonanza years in the first decade of the century. Mrs. Heisler's brother, N. C. Westmoreland, operated a desert resort in the station from 1935 until the mid-1940's. General George Patton was a guest here when training his troops in Arizona for the African desert action of World War II." [N[evada] T[est] S[ite] News March 15, 1963 p. 4]

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Photograph of Beatty during boom, Beatty (Nev.), 1906

Date

1906

Description

Caption: Beatty with Bullfrog and Rhyolite boomed, 1906. A tag house camp.

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"The Reward" film set, image 005: photographic print

Date

1970-11-02

Description

Rhyolite, NV. Fireplace, inside bank building walls, on set of "The Reward". Typewritten on photo sleeve: "A fireplace was constructed inside the bank building walls." [Caption in N[evada] T[est] S[ite] News July 31, 1964 p. 4]

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Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00200

Abstract

The Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Photograph Collection contains black-and-white photographs of locations on or near the Nevada Test Site (NTS) from 1963 to 1965 as documented by the Nevada Test Site News from 1963 to 1981. The collection includes photographs of Cat Canyon, Native American artifacts, cabins formerly occupied by prospectors and miners, caves, the town of Rhyolite, Nevada, buildings for the set of the film The Reward, Wahmonie Mining District, and White Rock Spring.

Archival Collection

Scrapbook of Clyde and Edith Barcus, Tonopah (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Archival Collection

Description

Site Name: The Bottle House (Rhyolite, Nev.)
Piper's Opera House (Virginia City, Nev.)
Goldfield Hotel (Goldfield, Nev.)

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Doris Hancock Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00003

Abstract

The Doris Hancock Photograph Collection (1882-1987) contains photographs of Las Vegas, Nevada educator Doris Hancock and her family. The collection includes images of Southern Nevada and surrounding areas, particularly the mining town of Rhyolite, Nevada, the Colorado River, the Hoover (Boulder) Dam, Red Rock Canyon, early Las Vegas, and Death Valley, California.

Archival Collection

Looking north up Main Street at the Emergency Medical Clinic, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1951 to 1952

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.G. Reidhead Family. The clinic building was originally the home of Judge Gray. Transcribed from attached note: This building was originally used in Rhyolite, Nevada, as a mercantile store. In 1909 it moved to Pioneer as a general merchandise store. Then in 1911 it was moved to Transvaal. In 1918 it moved to Beatty. In the 1930s-40s it was the residence and office of Judge William B. Gray. In about 1975-6 it moved back to Rhyolite by Evan Thompson. It is still there, next to the Bottle House -- Claudia Reidhead, 8/97.

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"The Reward" film set, image 006: photographic print

Date

1970-11-02

Description

Rhyolite, NV. Steps leading to the bell tower of the church, on the set of "The Reward". Typewritten on photo sleeve: "Steps leading to the bell tower of the church. (The vase was placed from the impressive supply of props just for this picture.)" [Caption in N[evada] T[est] S[ite] News July 31, 1964 p. 4]

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Four men outside a mine: photographic print

Date

1905 (year uncertain)

Description

On a Rhyolite trip, the Jackson party inspects a prospect on Bonanza Mountain, early 1905. The Bullfrog Mine can be seen in the distance.

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