An artist's color rendering of a desert scene in Nevada. Written on back of postcard: "The wind driven sand add only to the great loneliness and desolation of the desert, but whether in storm or sunset, moonrise or glaring sunlight of the mid-day, the ever changing desert has a fascination for all." Postcard is titled "The Desert in Southern Nevada, near Las Vegas."
Class of 1918, Las Vegas, Nevada. Physical object has a diagram included that identifies the position of the people pictured as well as an enlarged copy of the photograph. Handwritten on envelope: "Class of 1918, Las Vegas, Nevada. Cassette tape identifying students of 1918 class & 1926 class housed in oral history under: Von Tobel, Jake."
The Frank Benham Photograph Collection on Goldfield, Nevada (1900s-1947) primarily contains black-and-white photographic prints of buildings and people in Goldfield, Nevada. Also included in the collection are black-and-white photographic prints of nearby mining towns, as well as postcards and one negative. Frank Benham co-owned a real estate business and served as assistant postmaster for Goldfield in the early 1900s.
A view looking down a populated street in Searchlight. Photograph is courtesy of Dickinson Library Special Collections Dept. University of Nevada, Las Vegas.