The Thomas J. Osborne Photograph Collection (approximately 1890-1930) consists of black-and-white photographic prints, negatives, and slides. Images depict the family of Thomas J. Osborne, his law office, the family home, and views of the town of Pioche, Nevada and surrounding areas. Several images depict local mines and unidentified mine workers.
The Thomas J. Osborne Photograph Collection (approximately 1890-1930) consists of black-and-white photographic prints, negatives, and slides. Images depict the family of Thomas J. Osborne, his law office, the family home, and views of the town of Pioche, Nevada and surrounding areas. Several images depict local mines and unidentified mine workers.
This collection was formerly known as the Osborne-Sears Photograph Collection.
Collection is open for research.
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Materials remain as they were received.
Thomas J. Osborne was born March 9, 1860, in Swinton, England, and immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1870. In 1871, the family settled in Pioche, Nevada. In 1881, he married Louise Theis. The couple had one son and three daughters. The youngest daughter married Jerome Fargo Sears in 1911.
Thomas Osborne was elected Lincoln County clerk in 1891. Soon after he was admitted to the bar, and served as the Lincoln County district attorney from 1894 to 1896. In 1906, the Osborne family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah to better provide for the children's education, but maintained their home in Pioche. Thomas and Louise Osborne returned to Pioche in 1915.
Thomas J. Osborne died February 20, 1918.
Sources:
"Prominent Pioche Man Claimed by Death." Las Vegas Age. February 23, 1918.
Thomas J. Osborne Photograph Collection, approximately 1890-1930. PH-00139. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Materials were donated in 1982 by Jerome Sears; accession number 1982-093.
In 2020, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Melise Leech wrote the finding aid and entered the data into ArchivesSpace.