Manuscripts

(50) SUTRO, ADOLPH. Portrait, copper line cut, 5 × 6 inches and half tone cut 3¼ × 3 5/8 inches

Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1862-1950.
Call number: mssNevadar
Provenance: Purchased from H. A. Levinson, February 27, 1963.; Purchased from Yale Brown, May 16, 1963.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people: Bliss, Duane L. (1831-1894.); Fair, James Graham, (1825-1910.); Mills, Darius O. (1826-1875.); Ralston, William Chapman, (1821-1885.); Sharon, William,; Yerington, Henry M.
Associated organizations: Carson and Colorado Railroad.; Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company.; Lake Tahoe Railroad and Transportation Company.; Virginia & Truckee Railroad.
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Manuscripts
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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
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(46) BROADSIDE. Miners! Laboring Men! Mechanics! Rally! Subject The Sutro Tunnel and the Bank of California 18 × 23½ inches. With blank spaces to insert place, date and time of lecture
Manuscripts
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(42) THE COMSTOCK. Thirty-two original glass plate photographic negatives, 5 × 8 inches, mostly interior views in Virginia City, portraying the complete range of business establishments, restaurant, wine cellar, bakery, drugs, hardware, haberdashery, candy, cigars, shoes, meats, saloon and general stores. In wood file box with index
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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f VIRGINIA AND TRUCKEE RAIL ROAD COMPANY. Impression of corporate seal. It has Virginia, Nevada and cut of locomotive in center. (see ephemera)
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(50) SUTRO, ADOLPH. Portrait, copper line cut, 5 × 6 inches and half tone cut 3¼ × 3 5/8 inches

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The dream of Adolph Sutro. p.57

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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

(46) BROADSIDE. Miners! Laboring Men! Mechanics! Rally! Subject The Sutro Tunnel and the Bank of California 18 × 23½ inches. With blank spaces to insert place, date and time of lecture

f VIRGINIA AND TRUCKEE RAIL ROAD COMPANY. Impression of corporate seal. It has Virginia, Nevada and cut of locomotive in center. (see ephemera)