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Photograph of high school basketball team banquet, Tonopah (Nev.), 1930-1950
Date
1930 to 1950
Archival Collection
Description
Basketball team celebrates a successful season at their Awards Day Banquet, standing at the front of the room for the audience to cheer. Inscription with photograph: "Tonopah won state meet."
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Photograph of school children and teacher, Tonopah (Nev.), 1920-1950
Date
1920 to 1950
Archival Collection
Description
Tonopah School's second grade class sits on the steps with their teacher, Miss Sullivan. Children within the three rows identified: "In first row: Willie Ryan, Thelma Flemming, Gertrude Stimson, Florence Ryan, Albert Wenzel, Willie O'Flarity, Geraldine Fitzgerald. In second row: Ruth Dunsdon, Evelyn Carlson, Dorothy Anderson, Edna Clary, Kathleen Griffin, Lawrence Metz, Bonnie McDonald, Tillie Evans, Thomas Lynch. In third row: Lillie McKay, Millie Truebey, Jack Howell, Ina Penaeu, Rose Wood, Thelma Rasmussen, Leonard Lyons, Ernest Rupy."
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Photograph of man and women cutting cake, Tonopah (Nev.), 1940-1955
Date
1940 to 1955
Archival Collection
Description
Man stands with seven women around table holding a knife, preparing to cut a cake. The table is decorated with a tablecloth and plates. Transcribed with the photograph: "Probably Dr. Joy's birthday," with people identified from left to right: "1. Dorothy Casener (now Evans) 2. Dr. Russell Joy 3. Mrs. Shirley Joy, his wife 4. Betty Franks, Belmont 5. Milka Beko Jacobson 6. Eunice O'Brien 7. Gert Harshman 8. Jerry Cavanaugh."
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Photograph of man and women with lamps, Tonopah (Nev.), 1940-1955
Date
1940 to 1955
Archival Collection
Description
Man in suit stands with two women. Beside them is a table with two lamps, and the man is holding the cord. Individuals identified in photograph from left to right: "1. Mary Sharp 2. Dr. Russsel Joy 3. Mary Perchetti, a nurse at hospital and friend of Dr. Joy." Transcription with photograph: "Probably retirement party at hospital."
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Photograph of men in suits sitting around table, Tonopah (Nev.), 1930-1950
Date
1930 to 1950
Archival Collection
Description
Three suited men with ties sit in chairs around a small table, "probably at Tonopah Club." Identified from left to right: "1. Pete Fabbi, owned Progressed Bakery 2. Bill Thomas, Sheriff, 3. Unknown." Site Name: Tonopah Club
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Photograph of people sitting and standing around table with documents, Tonopah (Nev.), 1930-1950
Date
1930 to 1950
Archival Collection
Description
Ten men and one woman sit and stand around a table in what appears to be someone's home. One man signs a document and another reads papers in front of him while the rest observe. Individuals identified: "Standing, left to right: 1. ___ Davidson, Goldfield 2. Ira Jacobson, Demo. Politican 3. __ Lambertucci 4. Dominic Lambertucci, 5. Unknown 6. Gov. Carvell (Carville?) Seated, left to right: 1. Bill Beko 2. Pete Breen, Sr. 3. Unknown 4. Unknown 5. Minette Crandel, Times-Bonanza Owner."
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Photograph of men smiling in front of building, Tonopah (Nev.), 1930-1955
Date
1930 to 1955
Archival Collection
Description
Men stand in commrodery in front of a building, either belonging to the Lions Club or 20-30 Club in Tonopah, Nevada. Both were nonprofit organizations donating funds to locals in the Tonopah area. Transcription with photograph: "The Lions Club Building is in the background. The 20-30 Club became the Lions Club in the 1940's." Individuals identified from left to right: "1. Joe Friel 2. Roy Wolf 3. Charles Cavanaugh 4. Gerald Roberts 5. Fred Steen 6. Jack Depmsey 7. Unknown 8. Red Nelson 9. Allan Douglass 10. Red O'Leary."
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Photograph of Gue Gim Wah, Pioche (Nev.), early 1920s
Date
1920 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from behind the image, "'Mrs. Tom Wah (Gue Gim) in front of the school house- Prince Mine, Pioche, Nevada, (with negative). This is the silk Brocade dress Gue Gim was married in in San Francisco in 1916. She brought It with her to Prince along with other silk dresses, but they were all lost in a fire in 1927.' Interview notes, Sept. 1987."
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Photograph of Tom Wah and Gue Gim Wah, Pioche (Nev.), circa 1930
Date
1929 to 1931
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from behind the image,"'Tom Wah and Gue Gim Wah, his wife-when Tom's Chinese boarding house at the Prince Mine burned down, he moved into Prince one-room schoolhouse to serve meals (briefly one summer) later purchased the mine store from Hodges and Cook where a more adequate boarding house was again established- Tom died soon after. This photo taken in front of Prince schoolhouse, Pioche, Nevada.' Handwritten note by Elizabeth Gemmell Frizzell."
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Photograph of boxing match, Silver Peak (Nev.), September 4, 1939
Date
1939-09-04
Archival Collection
Description
Two men stand in the ring, ready to box while onlookers sit near. Max Baer, former World Heavyweight Champion, stands on the left ready to block a punch. "Big Ed" Murphy, a miner living in Silver Peak, stands on the right and throws a jab. Baer won in the first round by "Knock Out." See Image 0141 0033 pho023976.
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