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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
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of people seated in stands at Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s
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Photograph of Tonopah at foot of Mount Brougher, Tonopah (Nev.), June 2, 1906
Date
1906-06-02
Archival Collection
Description
Inscription on back reads: "No. 1 is our house "2 is where folks live" 3 is Senator Oddie's "4 is Jimmy's house Tonopah Nevada June 2 1906 Brougher Mountain looking across from Oddie Mountain."
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Tonopah, 1988
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Senator Chic Hecht Political Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00003
Collection Name: Senator Chic Hecht Political Papers
Box/Folder: Box 111
Collection Name: Senator Chic Hecht Political Papers
Box/Folder: Box 111
Archival Component
Tonopah, 1920
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00221
Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 12
Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 12
Archival Component
Photograph of Tonopah (Nev.), 1901
Date
1901
Archival Collection
Description
Caption: Tonopah Nev. 1901
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Photograph of patrons and workers at Tonopah Club Restaurant, Tonopah (Nev.), 1930-1950
Date
1930 to 1950
Archival Collection
Description
Cooks and a waitress stand behind the counter while three patrons sit in the Tonopah Club Restaurant. Individuals identified from left to right: "1. Unknown 2. Wanda Hackman 3. Unknown 4. Staryle Terrel 5. Solan Terrel 6. Alan Douglass." Site Name: Tonopah Club
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Photograph of Tonopah Mine ore being hauled to mill, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s
Archival Collection
Description
Caption: Tonopah Mine
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Photograph of people gambling in the Tonopah Club, Tonopah (Nev.), 1930-1950
Date
1930 to 1950
Archival Collection
Description
Gamblers sit and stand near various games in the Tonopah Club. On the far side of the room is the bar, and in the center there are slot machines. The area closes to the photographer appears to be for table games. See Image 0141 0020 pho023964. Transcription with photograph: "1950s. Bartender, Tony Perchetti. Man near center post facing camera, ""Felix"" Leonard Traynor, one of the founders of Weepah (deceased). Far right man with face almost obscurred but facing camera, ""Freck"" Lydon, Sheriff. Near center post in white shirt, Bill Kendall. In dark shirt between left and center posts, ""Happy"" Hapgood, worked firehouse." Site Name: Tonopah Club
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Tonopah Club Coffee Shop/Tonopah Club Café (Tonopah, NV): menu, 1943 November 07
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Bob Stoldal Collection of Nevada Menus
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Collection Number: MS-01093
Collection Name: Bob Stoldal Collection of Nevada Menus
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 07
Collection Name: Bob Stoldal Collection of Nevada Menus
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 07
Archival Component
Photograph of Tonopah (Nev.), 1901
Date
1901-05
Archival Collection
Description
Tonopah, Nevada, May 1901. There is an inscription on the back of the image: "Tonopah's rich silver ledges were discovered in May of 1900 by Jim Butler." By 1910 Tonopah had become the largest city in Nevada. Its mines produced over $ 150,000,000 in silver and gold. Tonopah is a Shoshone Indian word meaning "Water Brush." There is a date stamp: Christmas 1979.
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