Tonopah and Goldfield, Nevada, Photograph Collection, 1902-1909

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Summary

Title:
Tonopah and Goldfield, Nevada, Photograph Collection
Dates:
1902-1909
Abstract:
92 glass-plate negatives depicting the mining towns of Tonopah, Goldfield, and Manhattan, Nevada, in the early 20th century. The photographs show: miners, mines and mining operations, street scenes, buildings, parades and drilling contests.
Extent:
92 photographs in 5 boxes : glass negatives ; 16.5 x 21.5 cm + 1 box of 20 x 25 cm copy prints.
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Tonopah and Goldfield, Nevada, Photograph Collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains 92 glass-plate negatives and corresponding copy prints depicting the mining towns of Tonopah, Goldfield, and Manhattan, Nevada, in the early 20th century. The photographs show: miners, mines and mining operations, street scenes, buildings (including some interiors), parades, and drilling contests. Many of the photographs have the imprint of photographer E.W. Smith of Tonopah.

Item titles chiefly transcribed from handwritten captions on images; cataloger-supplied titles are in square brackets.

Acquisition information:
Purchased from Ned Holloway, June 1964.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Brooke M. Black, August 4, 2012, and updated by Diann Benti in December 2016.
Date Prepared:
© 2016
Date Encoded:
Machine readable finding aid encoded by Diann Benti in December2016 from PDF finding aid originally in the Huntington Digital Library.

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Tonopah and Goldfield, Nevada, Photograph Collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2129
reference@huntington.org
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