Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

A1831.2.10a-d

Description

A1831.2.10a: Photo of a mountain landscape, possibly the Onion Valley area. A1831.2.10b: Photo taken from a distance of the town of Darwin. Identification by Elizabeth Mecham: This looks down the street--Charlie Bradford's house on right--later Jack Steward added to and lived there until his death late '40s. Then tent where Kellog built in '40s and Etcharren's house where Nando Romero improved in '40s and on by Loughrey's--Etcharren's hotel--old store and Long's [sp?] (Etcharren's place). This in 1916 before fires. On left tents where later the present green house was remolded from tents and in '40s futher improved by Ener Petersen--Alex Roune's house--old locust tree 1871by horse trough--the Union Hall built 1914 now Crosini's [sp?]--then old Jack Gunn Saloon--1876--two little houses--Black Metal Saloon--old original barns and corrals. [Illegible word] are old and not too clear, but you can "see" how the town looked when I was a kid and went to school in the old school house. When the Jack Gunn Saloon burned 1917 fire--stored in it was a beautiful old $5,000 pool table--mahogany and slate, brought from Panamint City. A1831.2.10c: Photo of three young children next to a yucca or joshua tree. They have hung their hats from its spines. From left to right they are identified as Ella Dineen, Marguerite, and Wallace. A1831.2.10d: Photo of flowers and plants growing amidst boulders.

Collection

Helen Gunn Edwards Collection