Kimberly, Utah p.4

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Title Kimberly, Utah p.4
Collection Classified Photograph Collection
File Name 39222001436778
Photo Number 15460
Classification 979.2
Publisher Utah State Historical Society
Date of Photograph 1901
Date 1901
Subject Cities and towns; Mining towns; Log cabins; Tents; Men in popular culture; Women in popular culture; Weddings
Spatial Coverage Kimberly; Piute County; Utah
Description Kimberly resident housing at Kimberly, Utah. Most of the young married people lived in house tents such as the one shown. Single men lived in houses made like the side of this tent. Couple shown are parents of the donor at the time of their marriage in 1901. No names available. Kimberly was a mining town where gold, silver, lead, and copper were mined. Mining resources dwindled quickly, however, and the town was abandoned in 1938.
Comment Salt Lake Tribune Mining Centennial collection.
Rights Management Digital Image © 2010 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Holding Institution Utah State Historical Society
Relation Classified Photograph Collection, 979.2 Utah Cities
Source Format Print Photograph
Source Size 8 in x 10 in
Source Donors Avery, Amy
Type Image
Format image/jpeg
Scanned By Karl Nicholson and Earl Hindley, USHS
ARK ark:/87278/s63n2dcn
Setname dha_cp
ID 452973
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63n2dcn
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