Midway Mine, an underground minerals site in Tonopah, Nevada, is the potential location for silver to be mined. Black smoke rises from the smokestack with the site sitting atop a dirt surface. Written lightly in the center of the photograph reads "Midway Mine, Tonopah Nev." Site Name: Tonopah Midway Mine
Unidentified men and women stand in front of a brick building with a sign that reads "L. MULBERRY." A young boy sits to the left. Inscription reads: "Caliente, Nevada. This is the front of the house. We have leased the front room upstairs over the buggy repository to the telephone co. You can see the buggies through the window and the door. These pictures are not good but will give you a general idea of how things look (probably Pioche)."
Several men with wagons and horses stand outside of a stone cabin near Tonopah, Nevada. John Peter Wright stands second from the left. The name "Lois Potter" is signed in the back of the photograph.
Emery Homestead, located at Cottonwood Island. This photograph came with the description: "Emery Homestead. At Cottonwood Island Pop Emery raised bees and alfalfa while running the Arivada Ferry. These products were taken to Chloride, Arizona for sale. The farm was located at the upper end of Cottonwood Island on the Arizona side and was abandoned in 1920 when the ferry was moved to Tristate, a few miles above Bullshead Rock. Emery Collection."
Unidentified people play in the swimming hole of Ladd's Resort in Las Vegas, NV. A rope is tied along the water between two trees that swimmers are holding on to. [Taken in the early 1900s]
From the Fedora Bontempi Simpkin Photograph Collection (PH-00239). Governor Richard Bryan congratulates representative of the Clark County Mother of the Year Awards Committee for their dedicated public service during the past 15 year. From left to right is Dottie Price, Ruth Lee Cooper, Marie Ripps, Chairman/Coordinator Fedora Bontempi Simpkin, and Gwen Weekes Rahner in 1984.
A large group of people at Wilson Ranch in Las Vegas, Nevada. Identification given with photograph: "Row 1 (left to right) [?] Du Prey, [?] McNamee, Bert Henderson, Little Fran, Clara Breese, Steve Stevens, [?] Du Prey, Harley Harmon, Emmet Harmon, [Leland?] Orr. Row 2 (left to right) Art Ham, Rose Henderson, Leo McNamee, Edith Orr, Francess Steavers, Lola Hinman, Fran McNamee, Dean Breese, Versonica Harmon, Mr. Hinman, Billie Orr, Grank Steavers, Farnsworth Orr, Isabelle Du Prey."