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P.E. Larson:
Goldfield Years 1905-1908
The Swedish born photographer P.E. Larson photographs on Goldfield are a significant and important body of work. His photographs document western life and culture in the boomtown. Larson came to Goldfield in 1905, and immediately began photographing a wide range of subjects, including the mines, miners, the stores, gambling halls, street scenes, burros, and people in various walks of life. When he moved his family from Goldfield in 1908, he probably never realized the historic value of his photographic work. This virtual tour provides the public with a chance to enjoy Larson's photographs.
The P.E. Larson photograph collection was given to the museum in 1976. After his death in 1941, many of his photographs lay sealed in a trunk for decades before being discovered. His children donated his photograph collection to several public institutions: the University of Washington-Special Collections, the Alaska State Museum, and the Nevada State Museum. The children, in their donation of his photographs on Goldfield and Central Nevada, also included his cameras and other memorabilia from his Palm Studio at Goldfield. In 1983, the museum exhibits department designed a changing gallery to display his extraordinary photographs and his restored cameras. The exhibit was called "Frozen in Silver" and covered his Goldfield years, 1905-1908.
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Last modified on: April 03, 2003