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Driving the silver spike at Tonopah Railroad Carnival

Title

Driving the silver spike at Tonopah Railroad Carnival

Creator

• Smith, Emory Willard

County

• Nye

City or Town

• Tonopah

Main Subject (TGM)

• City & town life
• People
• Transportation

Subject (TGM)

• Celebrations
• Floats (Parades)
• Crowds
• Railroads
• Tents
• Mining
• Spectators
• Carts & wagons
• Carriages & coaches

Source Collection

• Tonopah Goldfield Album

Digital Format

image/jp2; 58.1 MB

Original Format

• Photograph

Date Digital

2008-05-30

Conversion Specifications

TIFF scanned at 400 dpi on Epson Expression 10000X using EPSON Scan Ver. 2.94A.

Digital Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries

Access Rights and Restrictions

To purchase copies of images and/or for copyright information, contact University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries, Special Collections at: http://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/

Language

eng

Digital Collection

• Southern Nevada The Boomtown Years

Digital ID

snv_000063

DC Type

• Still Image

Is Part Of

http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/dig,4

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