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Film transparency of Main Street shops, Ely, Nevada, September, 1937

Date
1937-09
Description
Main Street shops in Ely, Nevada. Visible are the Bank Club, The Palace, Ely Theatre, State Cafe, Miner's Club, and The Capitol Casino. Ely is the largest city and county seat of White Pine County, Nevada. Ely was founded as a stagecoach station along the Pony Express and Central Overland Route, with the mining boom coming later than the other towns along US 50, with the discovery of copper in 1906. Though the railroads connecting the First Transcontinental Railroad to the mines in Austin and Eureka have long been removed, the railroad to Ely is preserved as a heritage railway by the Nevada Northern Railway and known as the Ghost Train of Old Ely. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,255.

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Photograph of Rockwell Electric Shop, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1930s

Date
1930 to 1939
Description
Exterior of Rockwell Electric Shop, Las Vegas, Nevada. A woman is standing next to an electric wringer washing machine outside of the shop. An automobile with advertising painted on it is parked outside of the shop.

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Film transparency of men working at a construction site, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1930

Date
1930
Description
Men working at a construction in Las Vegas, Nevada 1930.

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Photograph of mountain road between Kingman, Arizona and Nevada border, circa 1940s

Date
1940 to 1949
Description
An image of an automobile on the road between the Arizona and Nevada border.

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Film transparency of a general view of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s-1940s

Date
1930 to 1949
Description
The view of a building under construction in Boulder City, Nevada.

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Film transparency of a general view of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1931-1940s

Date
1931 to 1949
Description
The view of an unidentified, snow-covered building in Boulder City, Nevada.

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Film transparency of a general view of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s-1940s

Date
1930 to 1949
Description
The view of an unidentified house on a sunny day in Boulder City, Nevada.

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Photograph of a Binion's Horseshoe Casino billboard on the street, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1960 to 1979

Date
Unknown year in the decade of the 1960s to Unknown year in the decade of the 1970s
Description

Billboard advertising the Horseshoe in downtown Las Vegas. (color photo) (c. 1960s-70s)

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Traffic at sunset on Sunset Road, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2017-02-19
Description
Cars leave light trails during a long exposure of traffic on Sunset Road in Henderson.

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Traffic at sunset on Sunset Road, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2017-02-19
Description
Cars leave light trails during a long exposure of traffic on Sunset Road in Henderson.

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