View of stone depot in Rhyolite. Typewritten on photo sleeve: "MASSIVE STONE DEPOT which once served three separate railroads - the Tonopah and Tidewater, the Bullfrog and Goldfield, and the Las Vegas and Tonopah - now is the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Heisler, who have filled the lower floors with mementos of Rhyolite's short bonanza years in the first decade of the century. Mrs. Heisler's brother, N. C. Westmoreland, operated a desert resort in the station from 1935 until the mid-1940's. General George Patton was a guest here when training his troops in Arizona for the African desert action of World War II." [N[evada] T[est] S[ite] News March 15, 1963 p. 4]
Rhyolite, NV. Fireplace, inside bank building walls, on set of "The Reward". Typewritten on photo sleeve: "A fireplace was constructed inside the bank building walls." [Caption in N[evada] T[est] S[ite] News July 31, 1964 p. 4]
The Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Photograph Collection contains black-and-white photographs of locations on or near the Nevada Test Site (NTS) from 1963 to 1965 as documented by the Nevada Test Site News from 1963 to 1981. The collection includes photographs of Cat Canyon, Native American artifacts, cabins formerly occupied by prospectors and miners, caves, the town of Rhyolite, Nevada, buildings for the set of the film The Reward, Wahmonie Mining District, and White Rock Spring.
The Doris Hancock Photograph Collection (1882-1987) contains photographs of Las Vegas, Nevada educator Doris Hancock and her family. The collection includes images of Southern Nevada and surrounding areas, particularly the mining town of Rhyolite, Nevada, the Colorado River, the Hoover (Boulder) Dam, Red Rock Canyon, early Las Vegas, and Death Valley, California.
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.G. Reidhead Family. The clinic building was originally the home of Judge Gray. Transcribed from attached note: This building was originally used in Rhyolite, Nevada, as a mercantile store. In 1909 it moved to Pioneer as a general merchandise store. Then in 1911 it was moved to Transvaal. In 1918 it moved to Beatty. In the 1930s-40s it was the residence and office of Judge William B. Gray. In about 1975-6 it moved back to Rhyolite by Evan Thompson. It is still there, next to the Bottle House -- Claudia Reidhead, 8/97.
Rhyolite, NV. Steps leading to the bell tower of the church, on the set of "The Reward". Typewritten on photo sleeve: "Steps leading to the bell tower of the church. (The vase was placed from the impressive supply of props just for this picture.)" [Caption in N[evada] T[est] S[ite] News July 31, 1964 p. 4]