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Photograph of the ghost town in Rhyolite, Nevada, December 25, 1951
Date
1951-12-25
Archival Collection
Description
The ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada with a handwritten inscription on back by Dortis Hancock: "Doris, Mabel, and Frank ate our Christmas picnic dinner in the car in front of the "bank" - the tall building in ruins - Dec. 25, 1951. We had a grand time. This card was purched in the bottle - house from an old resident who claimed to have arrived there in 1886 and declared he wouldn't want to live any place else".
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Bottle House in Rhyolite, approximately 1910-1920
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Fred and Maurine Wilson Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00014
Collection Name: Fred and Maurine Wilson Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 16 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Fred and Maurine Wilson Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 16 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Rhyolite's famous pet burro, Maud, outside the Newton Grill: postcard
Date
1907
Archival Collection
Description
From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Breakfast time for Maud, Rhyolite's famous pet burro, at the restaurant.
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View of rhyolite in Lincoln County: photographic print
Date
1910 (year approximate) to 1930 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Chester R. Longwell Photograph Collection (PH-00311).Located 25 miles west of Caliente, between Hiko and Caliente.
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Photograph of a deserted school, Rhyolite (Nev.), late 1800s-early 1900s
Date
1885 to 1915
Archival Collection
Description
Deserted school building in the ghost city of Rhyolite, Nevada. Written on the photograph, " School Bldg. Rhyolite, Nevada. The deserted ghost city of the desert. Nect Stove pipe wells- Death Valley. Frashers Foto."
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Photograph of Harry Suiter next to a deserted house in Rhyolite (Nev.), circa 1930
Date
1929 to 1931
Archival Collection
Description
Harry Suiter stands next to a deserted house in Rhyolite.
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