Adults gamble and drink inside the Tonopah Club. The bar is located on the left side of the club with slot machines in the center of the room; it is unclear from this point of view what the individuals in the back of the room are doing (See Image 0141 0024 pho023968). Two people identified in the photograph, Billy and Lena Hammond, with transcription: "Upper right, Lena has hat on." Site Name: Tonopah Club
The Tonopah, Nevada Mining Town Photograph Album (approximately 1908) consists of twenty-two photographs in a leather-bound album. The photographs depict businesses, townspeople, street scenes, and mining operations in Tonopah, Nevada and the surrounding areas of Goldfield, Nevada and Mina, Nevada. Also included are photographs of a fire on May 12, 1908 that destroyed a block of commercial buildings in Tonopah, which were taken by local photographer E. W. Smith., and views of the downtown area both before and after the fire.
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
Group of men and women sit around a small bar table with drinks. Table is at the foot of a staircase in the Tonopah Club. Transcription with photograph reads "Tonopah Club Lounge Stairway led to Kendall rooms on second floor." People identified from left to right: "4. George Boscovich, Town Hall Casino Owner. 7. --- Olson 9. Don Tomany, Tonopah Club Bartender. Rest of men are soldiers from Army Airfield." Site Name: Tonopah Club
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."