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Virginia City,NV - Storey County - Nevada Photo Group, Post-1900 :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Photographic Images Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
Virginia City,NV - Storey County - Nevada Photo Group, Post-1900 :
Lot of seven. Included are: Packet of miniature (2 x 3”) photographs (approximately 25) of Virginia City and environs; a 5 x 7” magazine page with photo of Jno. P. Jones on one side and on the other side a photo of Virginia City during the Big Bonanza (courtesy Wells Fargo Bank & Union Trust Co.); an 8 x 10” color photo of a steam engine on fire and people trying to put it out. The sky is filled with thick black smoke. The photo was taken by Paffrath Studio in Reno, no date; a Bucket of Blood Saloon RPC from Virginia City showing men and women at a bar, captioned, “ Girls didn’t wear shorts and halters then;” 6 photos stapled together showing various views of Nevada State Penitentiary; a 1923 9 x 7” photo of 1500 pelicans on the beach of Pyramid Lake, taken by Dr. McCafferty; and an 8.5 x 11” photo of an unidentified mining town of considerable size, with many brick and wooden buildings and homes laid out in symmetrical order.
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