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Tonopah Liquor Company TLC, Tonopah, Nevada, 2021

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File

Archival Collection

Northern Nevada Neon Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00439
Collection Name: Northern Nevada Neon Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

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Tonopah Club Coffee Shop/Tonopah Club Café (Tonopah, NV): menu, 1943 November 07

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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

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Tonopah, Nevada, 1902-1989

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Scope and Contents

Materials contain photographs of the ranches and mining operations around Tonopah, Nevada from 1902 to 1989. Materials include photographs of residents of the town of Tonopah, the tungsten mine in Smoky Valley, Railroad Valley and Iron Canyon, mills, Stewart Indian School in Carson City, Stone Valley, Terrell Mine, and bars and clubs in Tonopah.

Archival Collection

Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00221
Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

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Photograph of Tonopah (Nev.), 1901

Date

1901

Description

Caption: Tonopah Nev. 1901

Image

Map of the Tonopah Mining District, Tonopah (Nev.), 1910

Date

1910

Description

Ed. of Mar. 1904, reprinted Apr. 1910 ; Scale 1:12,000 (W 117 14'--W 117 12'/N 38 05'--N 38 03') ; 1 map : col. ; 41 x 31 cm ; Oriented with north toward the upper left ; Relief shown by contours and hachures ; Topography by W.J. Peters ; "Surveyed in 1902-1903." ; "Triangulation by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey." ;

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Photograph of Tonopah at foot of Mount Brougher, Tonopah (Nev.), June 2, 1906

Date

1906-06-02

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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Photograph of Tonopah (Nev.), 1901

Date

1901-05

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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Newspaper, The Tonopah Miner, November 28, 1902

Date

1902-11-28

Description

Newspaper, The Tonopah Miner, November 28, 1902

Text

Photograph of Tonopah Railroad Carnival, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

Description

Caption: Drilling Contest. R.R. Carnival

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