View On High
Posted by Bubba on September 6th, 2007
The Nevada State Library and Archives (NSLA) has more than a few pictures of Old Nevada from way up there. Here’s a compilation of some taken around Eagle Valley. All photos courtesy of the NSLA:
Real old Carson City. The legend says this is 1875.
A very high view of Carson.
Carson City from the southeast looking northwest. Possibly from the same John Nulty set that produced this picture:
The south end of town. Fifth Street is going off to the left and today’s Highway 395 is going straight up (south). South Curry Street is snaking around the base of C Hill.
Carson City and Lake Tahoe taken from the east side looking west.
Almost the same shot, except check out the snow on the hills. Photo credit says: “photographed at 13,500 ft. by ADRIAN ATWATER - April 28, 1969.”
Another east shot, though much lower. Could those buildings in the foreground center be an apartment complex?
September 8th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
1. The Birdseye View of Carson City Ormsby County, Nevada 1875 is also in the Bancroft Collection, University of California, Berkeley and is an invaluable tool for identifying and dating buildings in Carson City.
2. Carson City and Lake Tahoe taken from the east side looking west was taken by Gourley Photographers I believe in the late 50s. It differs from the Atwater in terms of distance from the Sierras - Gourley was far enough East to capture the Carson River Canyon for a considerable distance. Gourley and his wife, avid aviators and photographers disappeared in the late 60’s and to my knowledge, their remains have never been found. Adrian Atwater (1923-1998) was a longtime resident with a prolific output which appeared in many and various commercial, municipal, state, and newspaper publications.
3. Another east shot, though much lower. Could those buildings in the foreground center be an apartment complex?:
On further reflection, I would say this shot is from the period 1955-1960; the new subdivisions on the fringe of old town have not yet crept up C Hill and the High School on W. King has not yet started creeping toward Anderson Ranch or to the North. The Ira Winter’s Mansion is still presiding over a large stretch of land abutting the meadows. The presumed apartment buildings are, I am fairly sure, Veteran’s Housing, in which my parents and my brother and I lived for six months in the early ’50s until a rental became available. I was fairly young but I do remember the communal coin-operated kerosene pump (heat and hot water), scads of screaming yelling kids running all over the place, laundry lines and tired looking women and working-class men.
September 10th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
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