Tonopah Army Air Base, Tonopah, Nevada. There is an inscription on the back of the image: "Bomber hanger being completed, 10/30/43. Construction of the base began in 1940 and it was completed in July, 1942. Originally a fighter training facility, the field was converted to a bomber base in 1943. In 1944 over 6500 enlisted men were stationed at the site. The base was closed August 23, 1945 and deactivated in 1948. The base is presently owned by Nye County and serves as Tonopah's airport. Glen Jones Collection." There is a date stamp: mid-year 1983.
Old Tonopah Cemetery in the late 1940s. There is an inscription on the back of the image: "Welcome to the charter membership of the Central Nevada Historical Society. 1977-78"
The Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad Records (1905-1977) contain correspondence, purchase requisitions, bills of lading, freight reports, and waybills. Also included are a ledger book, a rubber stamp, and a booklet, "Diagrams of Locomotives and Tenders." Incorporated in 1904, the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad operated for 35 years, connecting Ludlow, California with Beatty, Nevada by way of Death Valley on the Santa Fe Railroad main line. The records are concentrated on the later years of the railroad from 1930 to 1940.
From the C. A. Earle Rinker Papers (MS-00514) -- Series III: Maps, newspapers, souvenirs, and ephemera -- Newspapers from Goldfield, Nevada and various locations.