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Photograph of a building, Tonopah (Nev.), circa 1900

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Creator
Creator: Booth, W. I.
Date
1899 to 1901
Description
Horses draw a cart outside of a stone building. A man appears to be dancing on top of the building. Written on the back of the photograph is, "Taken near present day Tonopah. The first man behind the horses is my great-grandfather John Peter Wright (1870-1903). My grandfather was in the process of dying from silicosis having worked in the Delamar mines. He was a freighter-because he could not do hard labor. W. I. Booth photographer. Wells Nevada."
Digital ID
pho023302
Physical Identifier
0125_0009
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1df6k84w
Details
Subject
Wright, John Peter, Sr., 1870-1903
People
Buildings
Horses
Place
Tonopah
Resource Type
Still Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Citation

pho023302. Lois Wright Potter and Logan Wright Photograph Collection. PH-00125. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1df6k84w.

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Copyright Not Evaluated
Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Extent
5074 x 3602 pixels
8.457 x 6.003 inches
54,829,884 bytes
Language

English

Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
Format
image/tiff