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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Davis Library,
University Archives
Title: Photograph of African Americans at Pullman
Saloon
Creator:
Shaw, Herbert T.
Identifier/Call Number: MC307
Physical Description:
1 photographic
print
Image: 8.5 x 6.5 inches, mounted to 12 x 10 inch
card
Stamped imprint on recto below image
Date: circa 1905
Abstract: Group portrait of
African Americans in the Pullman Saloon in Tonopah,
Nevada.
Physical Location: Researchers should
contact Archives and Special Collections to request collections,
as many are stored offsite.
Scope and Contents
A group portrait of African Americans with 18 men, one woman,
two young girls, and two dogs. Several of the gentlemen are
smoking cigars and appear to be enjoying themselves. One man
seated in the front row holds a puppy and a young girl with
ribbons in her hair stands to his side with her hand on his knee.
Charmingly, a darkcoated spaniel is seated on a chair in front of
the group. The Pullman Saloon was the hub of African American
social life in Tonopah, Nevada, a town established in 1900
following the discovery of silver and gold in the area. The group
pictured here likely included a large number of the boomtown's
Black residents. One of the sitters is wearing a Pullman porter
uniform (seated, third from left), and given the name of the
saloon, it is likely that a number of the other gentlemen
pictured were Pullman porters as well. One of the proprietors of
the saloon, Mr. Hall, was noted by the Tonopah Bonanza on August
24, 1907, to be the left-fielder of the Tonopah Pullman baseball
team, an all-Black team which likely included some of the men
pictured here. We are not aware of any other photograph from the
period that shows African Americans posing in front of a
Black-owned saloon in the American West. According to Mautz, the
photographer Herbert T. Shaw was in Tonopah circa 1905.
[Description provided by Back of Beyond Books]
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Processing Information
Liz Phillips created this finding aid with information
supplied by Back of Beyond Books.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Back of Beyond Books, 2020.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Photograph of African Americans at
Pullman Saloon, MC307, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis
Library, University of California, Davis.
Publication Rights
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under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for
permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted
in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University
of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not
intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder,
which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
African Americans -- Nevada --
History
African Americans -- Pictorial
works
Michael and Margaret B. Harrison
Western Research Center