View of the main business street in Gold Hill, Nevada, ca.1900

Description

Photograph of the main business street in Gold Hill, Nevada, ca.1900. The broad street is unpaved and is lined with buildings and utility poles on both sides. There are three people in the middle of the road, including a woman in the foreground carrying boxes, and a man and a child at center. There is a long two story adobe building at right with a covered porch and a balcony. Across the street, signs posted on a building advertise an event on "Fri Apr 20". In the distance, several hills are visible. Goldhill once had a population of thousands. Photoprint reads: "Most of the business houses and homes have vanished from here -- once having a population of thousands, very few are here today".

Title:

Record ID:

chs-m14061

Names & Dates

Created:

[circa] 1900

Creator:

[photographer] Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946

Publisher:

[host] University of Southern California. Libraries

Subject

Topic:

Streets , [file heading] Mining -- Out of state -- Nevada -- Gold Hill , roadways

Coverage:

[circa] 1900

Place:

[populated places] Gold Hill
[counties] Storey
[states/provinces] Nevada
[countries] USA

Relationships

Part Of:

[collection] Title Insurance and Trust / C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
[project] USC

Physical

Type:

images

Format:

negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
photographs

Access

Rights:

California Historical Society

Repository:

USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu

Ordering:

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Identifiers

Record ID:

chs-m14061

Source:

[record id] USC-1-1-1-14220
[accession no] 9822
[call no] CHS-9822
[microfiche no] 1-111-
[microfiche no] 1-113-42