Historic Photos of Reno
Reno was first known as a mid-nineteenth century mining town, owing to Nevada’s ample supply of silver and gold. Over the next hundred years, the city became an urban playground, notorious for a lax political environment that encouraged unconventional activities such as prizefighting, gambling, and uncontested divorce.
Historic Photos of Reno tells the story of Reno’s development through nearly 200 archival black-and-white photographs. Author Donneyln Curtis transports the reader through the city’s history, illustrating how a sleepy mining community grew into the "biggest Little City in the World.”
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Book details
- Text by
- Donnelyn Curtis
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 202
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Series
- Historic Photos
- Subjects
- History › United States › State & Local › West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
History › United States › State & Local › Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) - Topics
- Nevada history · local history · historical photography · black-and-white photos · American West · gambling culture · mining history
- ISBN-13
- 9781684420148
About the author
DONNELYN CURTIS is a librarian at the University of Nevada, Reno, where she has served since 1998. Her books include Remembering Reno, Historic Photos of Reno, and Before the Big Bonanza: Dan De Quille’s Early Comstock Accounts, the last co-edited with Lawrence I. Berkove.
Curtis held the roles of Director of Research Collections & Services and Head of Special Collections at the University of Nevada, Reno Libraries. She also served as project co-curator of an online exhibit on Reno’s divorce history, supported by a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services.