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Unidentified group pose around an automobile, image 001: photographic print

Date
1900 (year approximate) to 1915 (year approximate)
Description
Group of unidentified men pose in and around an automobile in town (location unknown).

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Photograph from Ferron-Bracken Collection photograph album 2, page 79

Date
1905 (year approximate) to 1935 (year approximate)
Description

Photograph of a person in a hat sitting on a rock in a creek. Boulders and desert plants surround the creek. A small tree and mountains are visible in the background.

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A horse-drawn water delivery wagon: photographic print

Date
1907 (year approximate) to 1908 (year approximate)
Description
A horse-drawn water delivery wagon in Goldfield, Nevada.

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Ray Dingman in wagon: photographic print

Date
1906 (year approximate) to 1907 (year approximate)
Description
Ray Dingman sits in his water delivery horse-drawn wagon. He was a pal of Rinker.

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The Light & Power Company building: photographic print

Date
1900 (year approximate) to 1915 (year approximate)
Description
A street scene with people and a horse-drawn buggy. The Light & Power Company building is visible in the foreground. The location is possibly Goldfield, Nev.

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Main Street view, image 001: postcard

Date
1900 (year approximate) to 1915 (year approximate)
Description
Postcard of Main Street, Goldfield, Nevada.

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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his family, October 25, 1906

Date
1906-10-25
Description
Letter home from Earle. He arrived in Goldfield. The letter touches upon his trip, his first impressions, he speaks of women, dust, elevation, his new job at MacMaster & MacMaster, costs of living, wages, and a fight in the city, there is a particularly interesting paragraph about Goldfield being lively and the amounts of money changing hands.

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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his family, November 24, 1906

Date
1906-11-24
Description
Letter to brothers and sisters. He explained how there are a rush of people coming into Goldfield. He addressed where they look for rooms, rent cots, sleep on saloon floors, the prices, how he could rent out his room to share but chooses not to. He also discussed the prices for coal oil, eggs, and butter in Goldfield.

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