Visual Materials
Tonopah and Goldfield, Nevada, Photograph Collection
- Description
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.
- Date
- 1902-1909
- Call number
- photCL 172
- Provenance
- Purchased from Ned Holloway, June 1964.
- Restrictions
- Access is granted to qualified researchers and by appointment.
