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Photograph of Mack and Will Foster, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

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Date
1900 to 1925
Description
Mack and Will Foster, uncles of George Byron Foster. Handwritten description provided on a separate piece of paper: "Figures identified in reverse. Should be Mack and Will. Lived at Berlin not far from my home in Tonopah. Brothers very close all their lives. Lived into their 80s. Died within months of each other. Mack the eldest. Both small men. When Mack was in his late sixties or early seventies he went to visit Toxine's (sp?), a house of prostitution, when Tonopah still had a red light district, ca 1952. Mack carried brass knuckles and a sawed off revolver. He was a rough character. Died about 1962. Both miners. Had brother, George, and a sister." Also hand written: (Photographer *A Allen ___*, Goldfield, Nev.)
Digital ID
pho020072
Physical Identifier
0056_0010
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    pho020072. Josephine Johnson Foster Photograph Collection. PH-00056. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d13776048.

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    4749 x 6081 pixels
    7.92 x 10.14 inches
    86,636,887 bytes
    Language

    English

    Publisher
    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
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