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| Title | Fanny Hanks |
| Image ID | UNRS-P1267-1 |
| Image Date | 1866 |
| Subject | Hanks, Fanny
Actresses
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| Summary/Description | Photogrpah of Fanny Hanks; Caption on image: "Fanny Hanks, Virginia City, Nevada, 1866; The End of Fanny Hanks; Fanny Hanks, many years ago a wealthy and well-known actress in this city, died two weeks ago in the County Almshouse; In her palmy days in the 'fifties her salary as a singer and dancer was $700 a week, while enthusiastic miners in the front rows used to throw her over the footlights gold enough to more than double her pittance. In the height of her prosperity she married John Woodard, a worthless gambler, who was killed when he was found beating her on one occasion; After that she waned in popularity, lost her money in stocks, and for five years before entering the Almshouse helped the servants of rich people when work was heavy; San Francisco Daily Report, November 20, 1893; Music Hall burned September 23, 1866" |
| Location | Virginia City (Nev.)
Storey County
Nevada
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| Electronic Publisher | Special Collections Department, University of Nevada, Reno Library |
| Collection | Alfred Doten Collection
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| Ordering and Permissions Information | Not to be reproduced without permission. For permissions information, please see http://knowledgecenter.unr.edu/materials/specoll/photos.aspx#order
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| Date Digital | 2007 |
| Related Material(s) | Alfred Doten manuscript collection NC08 (see: http://www.knowledgecenter.unr.edu/specoll/mss/NC08.html)
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| Resource Type | Image |
| Format | image/jp2 |
| File Name | UNRS-P1267-1.tif |
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