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Desert Inn Motel in Beatty, Nevada; Beatty Mountain in background, undated

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00221
Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01

Archival Component

Photograph of Beatty (Nev.), 1937-1938

Date

1937 to 1938

Description

A street scene of downtown Beatty. "Beatty Nevada Gateway to Death Valley" is written on the bottom of the photo.

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Beatty, Nevada, 1904-1989

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Series

Scope and Contents

Materials contain photographs of families and ranches around Beatty, Nevada from 1904 to 1989. Materials include photographs of the Brockman, Lisle, Revert, Crowell, Lemmon, Palsgrove, and Reidhead families, documenting activities such as events on Main Street, construction of several buildings, protests against the Nevada Test Site, animal husbandry, railroad transportation (especially by the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad), education, and mining and milling.

Archival Collection

Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00221
Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Beatty School: photographic print

Date

1950

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.G. Reidhead Family. The building was constructed and designed around materials scavenged from Rhyolite.

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The Beatty Community Library located in Beatty, Nevada: photographic print and correspondence

Date

1977

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171)

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Photograph of Exchange Hotel, Beatty (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Caption: Exchange Hotel
Site Name: Exchange Hotel (Beatty, Nev.)

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Photograph of Beatty (Nev.), 1937-1938

Date

1937 to 1938

Description

A view of the dirt road to Tonopah from Beatty. The Exchange Club is visible on the left. "Beatty, Nevada, Curtis Photo" is written and "Frashers Foto" is stamped at the bottom right on the photo.

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Panorama view of Beatty: photographic print

Date

1914 (year uncertain) to 1987 (year uncertain)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.D. Crowell Family. These panoramic shots of Beatty, Nevada, dates unknown, were obtained from to Jack and Maud - Kathrin Crowell, Beatty, Nevada, 1987 (Six shots in all, pho005130-pho005135).

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Photograph of a warehouse in Beatty, Nevada, 1956

Date

1956

Archival Collection

Description

A picture of Tonopah and Tidewater warehouse at Beatty, Nevada.

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Underground chapel, Beatty: photographic print

Date

1958 to 1959

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.E. Lemmon Family. The church was located in a converted storage cellar, behind the Beatty Cash Store, on Montgomery Street. It was operated by Renee Gibson, a long - time Beatty resident. Sunday school and church services were held there.

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