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View of Train depot, Beatty: photographic print

Date

1907 (year uncertain) to 1959 (year uncertain)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.E. Lemmon Family. 

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"Beatty Garage called the Hoover House" in Beatty, Nevada: photographic print, approximately 1950 to 1960

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Lisle Family Photograph Collection

Archival Component

"One of Beatty's Houses, built in '20s" in Beatty, Nevada: photographic print, approximately 1950 to 1960

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Lisle Family Photograph Collection

Archival Component

Photograph of abandoned saloons and bars, Beatty (Nev.), 1918

Date

1918

Description

Per patron comment, this was the 200 block of West Main Street with Beatty Mountain in the background, but it is currently a vacant lot.
Caption: Remnant of other days in Beatty. Abandoned saloons. During the boom of 1906, Beatty boasted a population of 1,000. There were 26 saloons. In 1918, only 2 remained to close their doors.
Site Name: The Northern (Beatty, Nev.)

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Frank Brockman pulling a Beatty burro: photographic print

Date

1960 to 1964

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.A. Brockman Family. Frank Brockman is a Beatty resident and son-in-law of Gordon Bettles and is to publicize the Beatty Burro Race.

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Mrs. Bennett, a school teacher at Beatty: photographic print

Date

1933 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.B. Lisle Family. Mrs. Bennett was from Johnnie, Nevada. This picture was taken in Beatty.

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Potograph of children in schoolyard, Beatty (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Patron commented that since the sign for the Exchange Hotel is visible, the school house was located at the 100 block of South 2nd Street in Beatty.
Caption: Beatty school house

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Beatty, Nevada, looking to the northwest: photographic print

Date

1920 (year approximate) to 1929 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.D. Crowell Family. The large building on the far right housed the Palmer Store. The white building with many windows is the California Hotel. The large with building left of the California Hotel is the Exchange Club.

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Photograph of a band and dancers, Beatty (Nev.), 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

Transcribed from the back of the photo: "Bearcat and the Lisle Brothers: performing at dance, Ralph and Chloe Lisle dancing, Beatty, Nevada." Ralph Lisle was a Nye County Commissioner and the brother of Celesta Adelaide Lisle Lowe, the first director of UNLV Libraries Special Collections.

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Photograph of town picnic, Beatty (Nev.), July 4, 1920

Date

1920-07-04

Description

Caption: Picnic July 4, 1920 with all Beatty assembled.

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