Silver mines and mining--Nevada--Comstock Lode; Miners--Nevada--Comstock Lode; Mining Corporations--Nevada--Virginia City;
Group portrait of miners in employee of Consolidated Virginia Mining Company, Virginia City, Nevada. Inscription on front of photograph: "ConVirginia Mining Co. Virginia City, Nevada. 49." Title supplied by cataloger.
Parade of Company B, Emmet Guard, in dress uniform, down street of Virginia City Nevada. Onlookers on both sides of street, either on the street or looking from buildings. Inscription on front of photograph: "Co. B Emmitt (sic) Guard Virginia...
Left: W(illiam) W. Booth, editor of the Tonopah, Nevada, newspaper, the Tonopah Daily Bonanza. Right: John Black, resident of Big Pine, California. Unknown business in background. Polarity of tintype is reversed. Inscription on back: "Me and...
Group portrait taken at Salt Lake City, Utah.Top row: John I. Jones, left; E.H. Ober, right. Bottom row: Pat Cuddigan, left; W. C. Stains (sic), right. Inscribed on the front of the photograph is the date 1896. On the back of the cabinet card in...
Gold mines and mining--Nevada--Rhyolite; Houses--Nevada--Rhyolite
A black-and-white photograph of a house built of 50,000 bottles in Rhyolite, Nevada, by Tom Kelly in 1906. Sign in front of house with title "The Bottle House." Posted by Paramount Pictures to record its restoration of the house in 1925...
A view through an elaborate iron archway, looking toward the Singleton Court residence, with its two lines of palm trees lining the street. The stables and clock tower, both overgrown with ivy, are just visible to the left of the street.
View of snow-clad Owens Valley, from either Big Pine, California or else Bishop, California. Unidentified range of mountains in background. Phrase "LA" and image of Los Angeles Coliseum part of frame around photograph. Title supplied by...
Aerial view of Bishop, California, looking west across the Owens Valley towards Bishop and the mountain of the Sierra Nevada. The Owens River can be seen, snaking along the valley floor. The Pleasant Valley Reservoir is in the right center of the...
This photograph was taken looking to the west. The mountains in the background are the Sierra Nevada. Big Pine, California, home of J. D. Black, is to the upper right of the photograph. The Los Angeles Aqueduct intake, noted in pen in lower left,...
View of floor of Owens Valley looking west to town of Big Pine and the Sierra Nevada. Inscription on front of photograph: "Looking Across Valley at Big Pine. H. W. M. 1007." Title supplied by cataloger.
Fourth of July celebrations--California--Lone Pine; Community life--California--Lone Pine;
Flier announcing Fourth of July festivities at Lone Pine, California, including, sport, food, and fireworks on Mount Whitney, whose peak is the highest point in North America. Title supplied by cataloger.
Marble industry and trade--California--Owens Valley; Stone cutting--California--Owens Valley; Stone-cutters--California--Owens Valley; Dogs;
Marble works of Al Staudinger, father in-law of J. D. Black. Two unidentified persons, with dog, in center of picture. Blocks of marble in workyard and pulley. Title supplied by cataloger.
Marble industry and trade--California--Owens Valley; Stone cutting--California--Owens Valley; Stone-cutters--California--Owens Valley; Buildings--California--Owens Valley;
Marble works of Al Staudinger, father in-law of J. D. Black. Pulley for working with marble at left. Railroad tracks. Title supplied by cataloger.
Portrait of John McAlpin, possible resident of Bodie, California. Inscription on accompanying grocer's ticket in handwriting of J. D. Black: "John McAlpin Bodie FATHERS (sic) PARTNER Bodie." Title supplied by cataloger.
Bars (Drinking establishments)--California--Bishop; Saloons--California--Bishop; Drinking customs--California--Bishop; Manners and customs--California--Bishop--19th century; Bartenders; Eating and drinking;
Saloon, with patrons and bartender. Picture of unidentified woman on wall to left of mirror. Dog in center of picture. Standing left to right: John Black, bartender; John MacKay; Bert Merithew; John Mallory, Louis Munzinger; Bart McGee. Seated left...
Commercial buildings--California--Bishop; General stores--California--Bishop; Streets--California--Bishop; Sidewalks--Bishop--California--19th century;
Site of first business of John Black in Bishop, California. Figure to left of tree on right may be John Black. Inscription on accompanying grocer's ticket, most likely in hand of his son J. D. Black: "WHERE JOHN BLACK STARTED BUSINESS BLACK'S...
The family of John Black (seated); wife Rose seated; children Rosalind and J. D. behind their parents. Inscription on top of photograph: "The Black Family." Names of persons in photograph inscribed on bottom of photograph by J. D. Black:...
Al Lynn and John Black, with rifles (shotguns?) and bags for either shells or game on shoulders; cocker spaniel at their feet. Caption on accompanying grocer's ticket: "Father and Al Lynn go hunting." Title supplied by cataloger.
Photographic portrait of John Black. Text at top border in hand of J. D. Black: "Dad." Text on back of photograph in hand of J. D. Black: "Mr. John Black Big Pine Cal." Based on the photographer and the similar border, this...
Group portrait of young J. D. (John David) Black with unidentified youths, presumably baseball players and his teammaters. Black holds catcher's mitt, baseball bat, and baseball. Youth to his left holds catcher's mask. Title supplied by cataloger.
