Search the Special Collections and Archives Portal

Photograph of the ghost town in Rhyolite, Nevada, December 25, 1951

Information

Date
1951-12-25
Description
The ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada with a handwritten inscription on back by Dortis Hancock: "Doris, Mabel, and Frank ate our Christmas picnic dinner in the car in front of the "bank" - the tall building in ruins - Dec. 25, 1951. We had a grand time. This card was purched in the bottle - house from an old resident who claimed to have arrived there in 1886 and declared he wouldn't want to live any place else".
Digital ID
pho014074
Physical Identifier
0003_0134
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1k06x32w
Details
Subject
Automobiles
Deserts
Ghost towns
Place
Rhyolite
Resource Type
Still Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Postcard of "The Ghost Town of Rhyolite, Nevada", 1951 December 25
Citation

pho014074. Doris Hancock Photograph Collection. PH-00003. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1k06x32w.

Rights
This material is made available to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. It may be protected by copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity rights, or other interests not owned by UNLV. Users are responsible for determining whether permissions are necessary from rights owners for any intended use and for obtaining all required permissions. Acknowledgement of the UNLV University Libraries is requested. For more information, please see the UNLV Special Collections policies on reproduction and use (https://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/research_and_services/reproductions) or contact us at special.collections@unlv.edu.
Standardized Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Extent
3313 x 2218 pixels
5.52 x 3.70 inches
22,045,582 bytes
Language

English

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