First off, I want to be clear in my admiration of Scott Schrantz’ excellent web site, Around Carson (He is the master, I am the student). I eat up his “Then and Now” entries because it’s interesting to see what Nevada was before people other than Nevadans realized that this could be a good place to live.

The Bride works at the Nevada State Archives and she knows I like this stuff, so she’ll drop a picture on me from time to time to keep me amused. I’ll share the good ones with you and will, of course, refer to Scott’s page when he’s already done the legwork.

For instance, here’s a shot of beautiful downtown Carson City in the 1940s or 1950s (click on the picture for the 1.2 MB version) from the John Nulty collection. John was an old-timer who expressed his love through professional photography. His biography is a good read.

Photo: A view of Carson City from the John Nulty collection, courtesy Nevada State Library and Archives.

Top Left: Slide Mountain and a lot of snow. This picture was probably taken in during winter because of the snow on some of the streets…or it was taken June. This is Nevada, you know.

About Dead Center: the Nye Building that was demolished in 1990. I don’t remember it even though I lived in Carson beginning in 1975.

Lower Center: the Nevada State Children’s Home that was built in 1903 and tore down in 1963.

North of the Children’s Home: A bunch of vacant lots that now house State buildings and houses. Liz would probably know for sure, but I think some of those empty spaces was Carson’s old Chinatown that burned down in the first part of the 20th Century.

North of town: Pretty much nothing because it looks like the main “city” ends around Long Street. Today, the bend in the main road in upper center portion of the picture is in front of Safeway and if you live in Carson, you know the town ends far north of that and is in fact creeping up the hills now (ex: Lakeview).

Thanks again, Liz and Scott.