This picture of Silver City was taken in about 1885…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

of Lourdes at the comer of Cooper and Kelly Sts. It was erected about 1885 and was a convent for years. Later it was converted into the Silver City General Hospital. One of Silver City’s public school buildings now stands at this site. . . Picture courtesy Mrs. E. W. Ward. This picture of Silver City was taken in about 1885. Streets shown are, from left: Bullard, Main and Hudson. The railroad tracks crossed lower Main St. on a trestle and curved up Hudson St. and extended beyond the old Exchange Hotel, the Timmer House and Southern Hotel. A sign on a building near the south end of Bullard St. reads: L. D. Miller, Village Blacksmith (just to the left of the windmill). A sign on the south wall of a building on the east side and fronting on Main St. (just left of the Timmer House) reads Silver City Clothing Store. The new public school building stands out prominently at the extreme left. It was erected in 1882. Note that only the south end of Main and Hudson Sts. have been washed to arroyo proportions. . . Picture by Lucas, courtesy Mrs. E. W. Ward. / Pinos Altos ball team. Picture taken in 1891. Identifiable by Mrs. Henry Forsyth, owner of the picture, : is: No. 1, with bat, Jackie Mineer; 2, with legs crossed. Jay Earp; 3, with suspenders. Dr. Louis * Robinson; 4, with black hat, mustache and vest, Dick Lee; 5, Joe LeRoy; 6, Henry Stanley;