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Great Basin Exteriors: A Photographic Survey

These next 14 images are a part of a traveling exhibition sponsored by the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. Adam Jahiel, Daniel Cheek and Nolan Preece have joined together to present Great Basin Exteriors: A Photographic Survey that will tour 10 venues in Nevada and will then tour out of the state through a WESTAF grant. See: www.greatbasinexteriors.com

Is a picture worth a thousand words? Clearly, photography is our visual history. Many of these images are of objects and walls that no longer exist due to development or restoration.

Bullet Holes - Bodie, CA

(Also see Page 8: Great Basin Bullet Hole Series)

Nevada Granary

Old Bar - Austin,NV

Blacksmith Shop - Virginia City, NV

St. Mary’s Art Center Ceiling - Virginia City, NV

Windmill Cafe - Lovelock, NV

‘57 Chevey - Imlay, NV

(Also see Page 8: Great Basin Bullet Hole Series)

Old Electric Building - Virginia City, NV

Tin Wall - Bodie, CA

Bullet Holes - Reno, NV

(Also see Page 8: Great Basin Bullet Hole Series)

Wallpaper - Bodie, CA

Tom Kelly Bottle House - Rhyolite, NV

Blacksmith Shop - Virginia City, NV

House Out Back Wall - St. Mary’s Art Center, Virginia City, NV

Nevada’s Historic Sites

As a documentarian I have tried to stay current with conditions or modifications to some of Nevada’s historic sites. It is important to check on sites and document them from time to time. Sites shown here include St. Mary’s Art Center (Virginia City’s old hospital), the three remaining historic theaters in Nevada (Piper’s, Eureka and Thompson’s), the Tom Kelly Bottle House in Rhyolite, Thunder Mountain and Ft. Churchill. Documentation of such places as the “shoe tree” or the poplars in Unionville have paid off as far as showing what we have lost.

St. Mary’s Art Center (old hospital) - Virginia City, NV

Interior Wall - St. Mary’s Art Center

Dry Rot - St. Mary’s Art Center

Interior Ceiling - St. Mary’s Art Center

Window Restoration - St. Mary’s Art Center

During the early days of the West in Nevada, as many as 16 theaters were built throughout the mining towns across the state. This project deals with the remaining three - Piper’s Opera House in Virginia City, the Eureka Opera House in Eureka and Thompson’s Opera House in Pioche.

Nevada’s Historic Theaters