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Irma McGonagill Photograph Collection
Identifier
PH-00246
Abstract
The Irma McGonagill Photograph Collection (1870-1925) consists of thirty black-and-white photographic prints, ten postcards, and fourteen photographic negatives showing Irma McGonagill and her family in Tonopah, Nevada during the mining boom. The images depict the town of Tonopah, mines around the Tonopah area, homes in Tonopah, and the McGonagill family.
Archival Collection
Automobile parked in the desert: photographic print
Date
1900 (year uncertain) to 1939 (year uncertain)
Archival Collection
Description
An automobile is parked at a mining camp in an unidentified desert, circa early 1900s.
Image
Mohawk Mine buildings/structures: photographic print
Date
1900 (year approximate) to 1915 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Mining building in Goldfield, Nevada area early 1900s. Mohawk Mine.
Image
Postcard of the Mohawk Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1907
Date
1907
Archival Collection
Description
Caption: The Great Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Nev.
Image
Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to H. C. Tolford, April 16, 1957
Date
1957-04-16
Archival Collection
Description
Rinker discusses photographs taken in Nevada during his mining years and his planned autobiography. Also mentions artifacts that were moved to Scotty's Castle ((Death Valley National Park).
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