Governor Balzar

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Nevada Governor Fred B. Balzar poses in front of the Virginia Evening Chronicle building at 35 C Street in Virginia City. The Governor died the next year, and the building has been demolished. To the right is the Black and Howell Building, which has also been demolished.

Date Uploaded: February 27, 2026

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Source: UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections

Source URL: https://digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:/21198/zz002cwx5x

Source Caption: Related to the article "'Land of Forty-Nine' Coming to Life Again," Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec 1933: F1.
Governor Fred B. Balzar poses in the act of getting into the driver's side of a Lincoln automobile. His right foot is on the runner board; his right hand is on the car door. He wears a three piece suit and hat. The car is parked in front of the Virginia City Evening Chronicle building.
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Text on hubcaps: LINCOLN
Typed on negative: Gov. Balzar, Nevada at Virginia City
Handwritten on negative sleeve: Nevada??? Gov. Carson City? i.d. (see typed headings on negatives)
Text on windows: JOB PRINTING. 35. [EVENING] CHRONICLE
Text on sign: OFFICES And Furnished Rooms

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