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Ruth,NV - White Pine County - c1910 - Ruth Photographs :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Photographic Images Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 1,200.00 USD
Ruth,NV - White Pine County - c1910 - Ruth Photographs :
Three photographs on black matte measure at 6 ¾’’x 9 ¾’’. Focus is sharp, and medium contrast. Then photos have yellow age marks and wear on the edges. No photographer identified. The first is of three different business buildings. The first one “Ruth Drug Co.” The second “W.F. Squire General Merchandise Market and Grocery. And the last store “Ruth Café.” Three cars are parked in front of the stores; people are clearly seen seated in the vehicles. The second is of a large building next to a series of smaller buildings housing different stores. One titled “Hughes Store” with a smaller underneath that in partly covered up but the word “Furnishings” can be seen clearly. A smaller building on the right side “Goodman Tidball Merc Co. Three cars are present in front of the stores. The last is of the Star Pointer Hotel. It’s a large building with two people seated on the porch. Several small homes are seen in the distance and one has a parked car in front. Ruth is a town west of Ely. Home to several copper mines, this turn of the century mining town boomed until the Great Depression. At it’s peak population Ruth was home to over 2,200 people.
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