Allen, Arthur

Local person. Photographer. Had collection including Goldfield, NV mining operations circa 1900. Allen took over Collection from W. I. Booth. See: http://epubs.nsla.nv.gov/statepubs/epubs/210777-2004-1Spring.pdf

During the last decade the society has continued to build its collections in all of these areas. Many thousands of photographs , glass plates, and negatives have been given to the society or purchased with private funds, so only a few highlights can be cited. Grant funds were used to secure a large collection of glass-plate negatives by Pioche's best-known c0111mercia 1 photographer 48 Nol'ES AND DOCUMENTS Osborne. The collection includes a selection of his studio portraits as well as view of local mining operations at the turn of the century. A cOlnplete set of copy negatives of Arthur Allen's Goldfield album was Inade free of charge. Allen took over W. 1. Booth's photography studio in 1904. A selection of his glass plates that had been found by tourists in the Goldfield Dunlp was also recently donated to the society by way of a Texas musellln.