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Las Vegas,NV - Clark County - 1920s-1950s - City Views Miscellaneous Post Card Group :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:50.00 - 100.00 USD
Las Vegas,NV - Clark County - 1920s-1950s - City Views Miscellaneous Post Card Group :
Lot of 8 RPCs by the famous mid-20th century photographer Burton Frasher, Sr. (1888-1955). Five are duplicates, showing the Clark County Court House in Las Vegas, with an inscription at the bottom: “We were just married at Clark County Court House Las Vegas, Nevada---.“ The other 3 cards are: Joshua Tree of the Desert (Las Vegas); Desert Scene, Charleston Mts in distance (Las Vegas); and Scenic Road Mt. Charleston, Ski-Bar Ranch, 1 hour from Las Vegas (print #F5604). All clearly marked with the Frasher Foto logo at bottom right.

In the early ‘20s Frasher moved his commercial photography studio from Lordsburg (LaVerne) California to Pomona. His postcard views of the Southwest soon became his major focus, encompassing scenes he took during his extensive travels throughout the West and Southwest.

His business grew to such an extent that he actually hired other photographers/salesmen to sell more postcards and take additional photos. By 1948 more than 3 ½ million cards were sold throughout the United States. [Ref: www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6s2019xp/].