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Tonopah Depot: photographic print

Information

Date
1918 (year uncertain) to 1943 (year uncertain)
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.D. Terrell Family. Man on the far right may be Don Terrell. With the mines and mills in Tonopah shut down, the railroad was losing money. The contraption above was constructed to carry passengers on the railroad wheels. The gas tank is visible on the roof of the car.

Digital ID
pho005509
Physical Identifier
0221_0700
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1n87643w
Details
Subject
Railroads
Railroad cars
Railroad stations
Time Period
1910s (1910 - 1919)
1920s (1920 - 1929)
1930s (1930 - 1939)
1940s (1940 - 1949)
Place
Tonopah
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Tonopah Depot, undated
Citation

pho005509. Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection, 1880-1990. PH-00221. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1n87643w

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