Manuscripts
(44) STEREOPTICAN SLIDES used by Sutro to illustrate his lecture. Original photographic glass slides, English standard size 3¼ × 3¼ inches, in wood frames measuring about 7 × 4½ inches, about 126 of which 38 are hand colored photographs of drawings, mostly of scenes in the mines, 13 are black and white diagrams, 43 are photographs of executed sealed agreements between The Sutro Tunnel Company and the mines and 31 are hand colored original photographs of the Town of Sutro and the Sutro Tunnel
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Adolph Sutro lantern slides collection
Visual Materials
About 126 glass lantern slides used by Adolph Sutro to illustrate a lecture on the history of mining in the Comstock, and of the Sutro Tunnel. Size 3¼ x 3¼ inches, in wood frames measuring about 7 x 4½ inches. 38 are hand colored photographs of drawings, mostly of scenes in the mines, 13 are black and white diagrams, 43 are photographs of executed sealed agreements between The Sutro Tunnel Company and the mines, and 31 are hand colored original photographs of the town of Sutro and the Sutro Tunnel.
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(45) LECTURE ON MINES AND MINING. Delivered by Adolph Sutro, at Piper's Opera House, Virginia City, and in all the principal towns and mining camps in the state of Nevada. Virginia City, 4 pp. 18 × 24 inches, caption title; text in 8 columns. The Daily Independent Supplement, Virginia City, American Imprints Inventory, Nevada 177
Manuscripts
There is also another copy cut apart and pasted to separate sheets for use when showing the slides. This lecture was a history of mining in the Comstock and of the Sutro Tunnel, but it was also a political effort to prevent William Sharon of the Bank of California from being elected Nevada State Senator, but despite Sutro's efforts Sharon was elected, although later the Bank of California lost its power.
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(48) THE INDEPENDENT, Sutro, Nevada, Vol. V, No. 46, 4 pp., 18 3/4 × 21 inches. Contains on first page, The Sutro Tunnel. An Address Before the Bullion Club, New York City, by Adolph Sutro. Discovery of the First Silver Mine
Manuscripts
The collection consists of materials related to railroads built in Nevada and eastern California in connection with the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada, and other mining booms in Nevada and California (mainly in the period from 1870-1890). Subjects in the collection include not only the railroad and mining industries but also the lumber industry.
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Color slides (35mm)
Visual Materials
This subseries contains color slides chiefly depicting Pacific Outdoor Advertising client billboards, as well as company facilities, presentations, and aerial views showing regional territories (Boxes 1-13). Gannett Outdoor Co. client billboards and activities (ca. 1984-1996) are represented in Boxes 14-16. This subseries contains the most comprehensive client list in the collection; there is significant overlap of clients throughout the collection.
Subseries A
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Lantern slides
Visual Materials
These lantern slides date from approximately 1900-1920s, and are mostly duplicates of negatives or photographs elsewhere in the collection. The slides are in 73 boxes in an arbitrary sequence, and have not been arranged or identified. A few of the slides have original paper labels with handwritten caption information.
Series 7
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Series 10. Lantern slides
Visual Materials
These slides are primarily photographs, with some maps and charts, and date from approximately 1905-1915. They were used by Arnold to accompany his lectures related to geology and oil exploration. Most are slides of photographs taken by Arnold that also appear in the photograph albums and have handwritten numbers and caption information.
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