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Photograph of people outside Gold Reef's first business (Nev.), 1908

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Creator
Creator: Smith, E. W. (Emory Willard), 1850-1941
Date
1908-10-11
Description

Gold Reef, Nevada, camp's first business, October 11, 1908. There is an inscription on the back of the image: "The camp's first business, a combination saloon, restaurant, barber shop and general store, October 11, 1908. Gold Reef was located 8 miles south of Tonopah in the Gold Mountain mining district. The camp was founded after rich gold outcrops were discovered nearby, but the deposits were small and the camp had vanished by 1910. The area came to life again during the Divide boom of 1919, but was abandoned again by 1925. E.W. Smith photo." There is a date stamp: 1984.

Digital ID
pho020535
Physical Identifier
0082_0019
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1np1wp4p
Details
Subject
People
Stores, Retail
Mining camps
Time Period
1900s (1900 - 1909)
Place
Gold Reef (historical)
Resource Type
Still Image
Material Type
photographic prints
Source
Combination saloon, restaurant, barber shop, and general store, Gold Reef, Nevada, 1908 October 11
Citation

pho020535. Central Nevada Historical Society Photograph Collection. PH-00082. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1np1wp4p.

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Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Extent
2901 x 2244 pixels
4.84 x 3.74 inches
19,546,112 bytes
Language

English

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