Kimberly, Utah p.4

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Title	Kimberly, Utah p.4
Collection	Classified Photograph Collection
Identifier	39222001436778
Photo Number	15460
Classification	979.2
Publisher	Utah State Historical Society
Date of photograph	1901
Date.original	1901
Subject	Cities and towns; Mining towns; Log cabins; Tents; Men in popular culture; Women in popular culture; Weddings;
Geopolitical place	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.use	image/jpg
Scanned by	Karl Nicholson and Earl Hindley, USHS

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