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Side view of the California Hotel, Beatty, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1907 (year approximate) to 1989 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.H. Miscellaneous

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View of looking north on Main Street, Beatty: photographic print

Date

1927 to 1933

Description

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

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Slide of Gold Center, Beatty, Nevada, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1939

Description

A view of Gold Center, which was located a mile south of Beatty, Nevada. Pictured here includes buildings and vehicles for Gold Center Ice and Brewing Company.

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Photograph of a little boy and donkey, Beatty (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Per patron comment, the building behind the burro is the California Hotel.
Caption: A prospective prospector
Site Name: The California Hotel (Beatty, Nev.)

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People at the Mayflower Hotel, Main Street, 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. The sign on the hotel says, "HOTEL MAYFLOWER". 

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Highway sign is being readied at the Beatty Auto Court: photographic print

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.B. Lisle Family. The sign was painted by Chloe Lisle's stepfather and was placed 30 miles down the highway toward Las Vegas, in the vicinity of Lathrop Wells, Nevada. The sign says, "30 MILES TO BEATTY THE NEVADA GATEWAY TO DEATH VALLEY [NOT LEGIBLE]. It then names off many of the businesses in Beatty such as hotels, garages, clubs, and cafes. This picture is particularly valuable because it provides a listing of many of the businesses located in Beatty at the time. 

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View looking north on Main Street, Beatty: photographic print

Date

1950 to 1953

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.E. Lemmon Family. There is a building that says, "EXCHANGE BAR & CASINO". There are many other stores in the area. 

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Photograph of Joe and Dorothy Andre at their cafe in Beatty (Nev.), mid-1950s

Date

1954 to 1956

Archival Collection

Description

Joe and Dorothy Andre in their new cafe in Beatty.

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Photograph of Ralph and Chloe Lisle dancing, Beatty (Nev.), 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

Ralph and Chloe Lisle dancing to the band Bearcat and the Lisle Brothers in 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 a house, Beatty (Nev.), 1937-1938

Date

1937 to 1938

Description

This home was built in the 1920s for Billy Wilson. Transcribed from the notes attached to the picture, "House built by Luther Wilson and W.W. (Billy) Wilson (?) they never had to buy any materials-got them all from Rhyolite."

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