[basnobua]

I have an admittedly bizarre collection of images of Frenchman mountain that cover well over a century.

Why Frenchman Mountain? Well firstly I live at the base of it, so I suppose that creates some sort of affinity, but it is also the subject of some of the earliest images of Las Vegas.

Frederick S. Dellenbaugh painting from 1876


there is an 1855 drawing, but hardly anything is identifiable that isn't specifically lableled

(Image Courtesey of the UNLV Special Collections)

Then from around 1905 onward you get pretty decent photographic coverage



(Image Courtesey of the Las Vegas Historical Society)


I have amassed a collection of hundreds of images that cover the mountain from the earliest days of Las Vegas to present.

I am always looking for more, and am particularly interested in anything before 2005.

Frenchman need not be the main composition of the photograph, in fact the collection is characterized more by Frenchman as an unchanging sentinel bearing witness to a constantly changing town/city.

[EA]

Could you please post some more. I too live at the base of the mountain and quite enjoy it's presence.

[basnobua]

Like I said I have lots:

Only a Few are Up Close: (Undated 1930-1953 est.)

(Image Courtesy of UNLV Special Collections)

Some Are Farther Away: (Undated 1930-1949 est.)

(Image Courtesy of UNLV Special Collections)

Some Are Kind of Hard to See: (1920-1929)

(Image Courtesy of UNLV Special Collections)

Some Are From the Up In The Air: (1949)

(Image Courtesy of UNLV Special Collections)

[MSchu]

very cool collection... I'd like to have some

[monstersizin]

Love these!


I wonder if there is anyway to get blown up prints of that Dellenbaugh painting?

[UTES]

That's the one some want to rename as Mount Reagan?

Bill

[horshack]

Here's a photo I took the day after the snow storm from 2008:


And one last month:

[basnobua]

Originally Posted by monstersizin

Love these!


I wonder if there is anyway to get blown up prints of that Dellenbaugh painting?

As far as I know the painting is owned by the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society, if anyone is producing new lithographs it is probably them. UNLV special collections has at least one digital copy of a copy of that painting, and it would be possible to get a high resolution scan from them and produce a photograph suitable for framing for a small fee, although Im not sure how much you'd want to blow it up.

http://digital.library.unlv.edu/cdm4...TR=10456&REC=1

[basnobua]

Originally Posted by horshack

Here's a photo I took the day after the snow storm from 2008:


And one last month:

A matching-ish set

After the snow storm in 1930:

(Image Courtesy of UNLV Special Collections)

A similar angle in 1971:

Edit: Or maybe this undated one from (1935-1950 est.)

(Image Courtesy of UNLV Special Collections)

[yellowsnow]

These are wonderful! Thanks for posting them!