Virginia City, Nevada, Photograph Collection, approximately 1898-1900

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Summary

Abstract:
This collection consists of 33 glass-plate negatives (and corresponding copy prints) of Virginia City, Nevada, chiefly in the late 1890s. Views include: interior and exterior scenes of the saloon, court house, sheriff's office, houses, stores, restaurants, and miners.
Extent:
1.2 Linear Feet (33 photographs in 2 boxes : glass negatives ; plate 14 x 20 cm + copy prints in 1 box)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Virginia City, Nevada, Photograph Collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of 33 glass plate negatives (and corresponding copy prints) of Virginia City, Nevada, chiefly in the late 1890s. Views include: interior and exterior scenes of the saloon, court house, sheriff's office, houses, stores, and restaurants. There are a few photographs dealing with mines in the area, and one of a mining shack with children and mules (Item 29).

Approximate date of photographs based on 1898 calendar that is visible on item 7. G.W. Miller is identified as the photographer on items 31-33.

Item titles in square brackets supplied by cataloger based on typescript list of items found with the collection.

Acquisition information:
Provenance unknown, transferred from the Manuscript Department in the 1950s. Item 29 was added to the collection in 1987.
Arrangement:

The items have been given Huntington item numbers 1-33, but are arranged are arranged in order according to numbers stamped on the envelopes in which the negatives were received (from 179-238, with gaps).

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Virginia City, Nevada, Photograph Collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2129
reference@huntington.org
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