The J. T. McWilliams Photograph Collection contains photographs and postcards from Nevada and Southern California from approximately 1900 to 1970. The materials include postcards depicting Las Vegas, Nevada casinos such as El Rancho Vegas and the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall. The materials also include postcards depicting towns and scenes in Nevada such as Carson City, Rhyolite, Red Rock Canyon, and covered wagons traveling to Las Vegas. Lastly, the materials contain several photographs of the McWilliams family, possibly while they were living in what is now Las Vegas, Nevada.
Smoke is visible in the distant desert from a fire on Mount Charleston. [The photo is damaged with a bend in the top left corner and both left corners ripped.]
Unidentified group of young men wearing baseball uniforms pose together on the dirt in front of stadium seating. Inscription with image reads: "Early Las Vegas baseball team."
First Methodist Church is barely visible behind the trees. The church was built in 1908. For another photo of this church, see Image 0266_008, pho025988.
Another image of the First Methodist Church in Las Vegas, NV. It was located on 3rd and Bridger Streets. For another photo of this church, see Image 0266_007, pho025987.