The Nevada Division of State Parks Photograph Collection (approximately 1910-1940) contains black-and-white photographic prints and some corresponding negatives that depict state parks and recreational areas throughout southern Nevada. The images also portray Lake Mead, Hoover Dam, Logandale, the Valley of Fire, and Mount Charleston as well as images of actors filming on location in southern Nevada.
Materials contain photographs of non-indigenous pioneers in Nevada, steamboats on the Colorado River, postcards, buildings, railroads, the University of Nevada, Reno, the Mormon Fort (the oldest non-indigenous settlement in the Las Vegas Valley), towns in Nevada, the Candelaria ruins, and schools around the state from 1852 to 1968.
Proposed exterior elevation of drama theater (later named the Judy Bayley Theatre) at Nevada Southern University, Las Vegas, Nevada (later the University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Site Name: Nevada Southern University Address: 4505 S. Maryland Parkway
Court (west) elevation of drama theater (later named the Judy Bayley Theatre) at Nevada Southern University, Las Vegas, Nevada (later the University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Site Name: Nevada Southern University Address: 4505 S. Maryland Parkway
From the Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367) -- Mt. Charleston, Nevada. In the Spring Mountain Range NW of Las Vegas (316,000 acres). Fifty miles of hiking trails. Highest Peak: Mt. Charleston at 11,918 feet above sea level. Highest residential area is at 8,000 ft. Pictured is "Echo View subdivision."