View of businesses in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, looking northwest from the intersection of Fremont and First Streets towards the original Union Pacific Railroad Station. Horse-drawn wagons and automobiles are in the street. A banner for Democratic nominees to the Senate (Key Pittman) and Congress (Clay Tallman) hangs over the street. Written on back of photograph: [1917 Looking west from 1st and Fremont L-R: Beckley's mens store, L.V. Hotel, -,-, Union Plaza [sic] Depot, Las Vegas pharmacy on right corner (hospital on 2nd Floor), Dr. Roy Martin attending, First State Bank. ID by Shirley Ferron Swanson 10-25-83] Railroad employee homes from South 1st, 2nd, 3rd?
The three story building closest to the automobile is the Overbury Building. The three story building in the background is the John S. Cook and Company building. Auto drives past abandoned buildings in Rhyolite. Caption: Deserted buildings on the main street of Rhyolite.
Per patron comment, the building behind the burro is the California Hotel.
Caption: A prospective prospector
Site Name: The California Hotel (Beatty, Nev.)