These two pictures of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad Shops are the newest ones in the collection. They barely make it in - I have an arbitrary cutoff of about 1980 for what’s considered “contemporary” compared to “historic”. But I also allow myself to make exceptions; if you have a photograph of something that’s not [...]
I just made a major add to the WNHPC today, a good section of the Lawrence & Houseworth collection. Lawrence & Houseworth was a publishing firm that formed in San Francisco in the early 1860s, specializing in scenic views of the California and Nevada mountains. This was back when travel was a huge undertaking, and [...]
Welcome! This is the news and updates blog for the Western Nevada Historic Photo Collection. It’s also a place that I’ll be pulling out and featuring some of my favorite photos from the collection. So keep checking back, or better yet subscribe, to make sure you keep up on all the new stuff that’s going [...]