In 1921, the husband and wife team of photographers, Leon and Nell Oakes arrived in Las Vegas. For nearly a quarter century the Oakes name would be connected to photography in southern Nevada.
This is part one of a series of articles on their live and their photographs, which include more than monthly updates of the construction of Hoover Dam.
Continue reading “Leon and Nell Oakes – Las Vegas Photographers 1920s-1940s Part One”
May 15, 1905 Salt Lake Railroad holds auction for lots in Clark’s Las Vegas Townsite.
(Updated October 26, 2020)
A series of 1905 photographs of Nevada, (Goldfield, Tonopah, Carson City, Virginia City, and Reno,) were sent to San Francisco in January of 1906 to be turned into post cards.
Out of the several dozen images, several were selected and turn into psot cards and printed in March 1906.
Days after the post cards were printed and shipped to Nevada, the April 1906 earthquake destroyed much of San Francisco.
Among the destruction, the printing plant of Edward H. Mitchell. Also destroyed his offices and files, and all of the photographs and negatives of Nevada were destroyed.
Now, new information has been uncovered revealing which images of Nevada were printed the days before the earthquake.
This article includes details as to which images were saved and which were lost. Continue reading “Historic Images of Nevada Destroyed in 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Found, E. H. Mitchell Post Card”