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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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Las Vegas & Tonopah Depot in Rhyolite (Nev.): photographic print

Date

1993

Description

Las Vegas & Tonopah Depot at Rhyolite. Structure was completed in 1908 at a cost of $130,000. (photo by Don Walker, 1993)

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Photograph of Dyerbury building in Rhyolite, Nevada, circa early 1900s

Date

1920 to 1940

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

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 Nate Walters, Rhyolite (Nev.), 1948

Date

1948

Archival Collection

Description

Nate Walters of Standard Brands stands in front of the Bottle House.

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Panoramic view of Rhyolite, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1920 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.D. Crowell Family

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Postcard of house in Rhyolite, Nevada, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1939

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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Photograph of a deserted railroad depot, Rhyolite (Nev.), 1920-1950

Date

1920 to 1950

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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Train station in Rhyolite, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1974

Description

From the Nan Doughty Photograph Collection (PH-00240)

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