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Photograph of Lemuel and Johana Compton, circa 1890s

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Creator
Creator: Schuman, Carl
Date
1890 to 1899
Description
Portrait of Lemuel (Lem) and Johana Compton. Handwritten on back of photo: "Had a ranch in Nye County at Peavine, in the early nineties. Both of these people are buried in the Catholic Cemetery at Austin [in Lander County, Nevada]. Present owner of the Peavine ranch now Charley Keough, nephew of Mrs. Compton. Mrs. Johana Compton in the late nineties or 1900 used to deliver potatoes from Peavine Ranch to [Y?illegible] Canyon and Berlin, Grantsville [both in Nye County] which they raised at Peavine Ranch." Johana Compton, a former Union Army nurse, died whle trying to save the Peavine Ranch from fire in November 1900.
Digital ID
pho018535
Physical Identifier
0361_0155
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1rr1pr0s
Details
Subject
Compton, Lemuel, 1834-1903
Compton, Johana, 1836-1900
Men
Women
Ranchers
Portrait photography
Spouses
Resource Type
Still Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Portrait: Leem and Johana Compton, approximately 1900-1910
Citation

pho018535. Nevada Mining Photograph Collection. PH-00361. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1rr1pr0s.

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Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Extent
2708 x 2137 pixels
9.027 x 7.123 inches
17,361,868 bytes
Language

English

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