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Nevada Mining Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00361

Abstract

The Nevada Mining Photograph Collection depicts mining activities, miners, and mining towns in Nevada from 1868 to 1937. The photographs primarily depict the towns of Tonopah, Nevada and Goldfield, Nevada, including mills, buildings, mine shafts, and panoramic views of the landscape. The photographs also depict Beatty, Lost City, Delamar, Candelaria, Winnemucca, Virginia City, Rhyolite, Elko, and Reno, Nevada. The photographs also include portraits of early settlers in Nevada, Native Americans, children, parades, celebrations, and funerals.

Archival Collection

Hot springs located a few miles north of Beatty, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1930

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.F. Palsgrove Family. At one time the hot springs was a stop on the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad, which linked Rhyolite and Goldfield. The building pictured is the old station house for the railroad.

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UNLV University Libraries Collection of Nevada Calendars

Identifier

MS-00990

Abstract

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) University Libraries Collection of Nevada Calendars consists of promotional calendars from organizations, institutions, and corporate bodies operating or based in Nevada from 1908 to 2016. Materials include advertising calendars from the Union Pacific Railroad, Harrah's Entertainment, Inc., and the Harold's Club in Reno, Nevada. It also includes calendars from businesses and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada that no longer exist.

Archival Collection

Photograph of a carriage leaving the tent camp in Bullfrog (Nev.), 1905

Date

1905-12-01

Description

Freight team leaving Bullfrog, Nevada, December 1, 1905. There is an inscription on the back of the photo: "Headed for Goldfield, 65 miles to the north. Bullfrog was founded after the discovery of gold in the area in 1904. By 1907 Rhyolite, the tent camp at the left in the picture, had become the city of the district with a population of over 6000. The boom was over by the end of 1907." There is a date stamp: 1980.

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Photograph of Jesse Christensen home, Bullfrog Hills (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Per patron comments, this home was one of two twin houses that stood next to each other on Knob Hill in Rhyolite before it was moved to Beatty. Patron also commented that Jesse Christensen was the Beatty postmaster, and that an outline of the Exchange Club is visible on the right.
Caption: Home of Jesse Christensen. Beatty, Nevada, where he first saw her.

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May Bradford Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00242

Abstract

The May Bradford Photograph Collection (1870-1976) consists primarily of black-and-white photographs depicting Bradford's life including her time in Tonopah, Nevada. The collection also includes images of her early life and her family in Missouri. Other photographs document her son as an infant, as well as the family's time spent living abroad.

Archival Collection

Exhibition information pamphlet and small aluminum-cast monument with inscribed dedication, 2019

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

<em render="italic">Memorial for Queer Rhyolite</em> Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01067
Collection Name: Memorial for Queer Rhyolite Papers
Box/Folder: Box SH-052

Archival Component

"Queer Cities and Their Temporary Monuments" blog post: archived website, 2021

Level of Description

Other Level

Archival Collection

<em render="italic">Memorial for Queer Rhyolite</em> Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01067
Collection Name: Memorial for Queer Rhyolite Papers
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Parkinson, Alfred

Alfred Parkinson and Fred Schoonmaker were a couple who moved to a ghost town in Rhyolite, Nevada and attempted to create a gay residential area called Stonewall Park.

Lera, Bridget. “Queer Cities and Their Temporary Monuments.” Nevada Humanities. Nevada Humanities, September 10, 2020. https://www.nevadahumanities.org/blog/2020/9/9/queer-cities-and-their-temporary-monuments.

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