The Virginia City Foundation
Preserving and Illuminating the Heritage of the Comstock
Among the best ways to get a sense of how important Virginia City and the Comstock are to the history of the West is viewing photographic records of the period between 1859 and the turn of the century, the glory days of the Comstock mining district.
This page provides you with links to the some of the most important collections of photographs of this period. This is the first project of the Virginia City Foundation. We ask that you respect and support the owners of these important collections by requesting their permission to use any of the photos beyond this website.
Please direct us to any other collections of historic Comstock photos so that we may expand our references.
USC Libraries – Digital Archives
TICOR/Pierce Collection (Search: “Virginia City” or “Gold Hill”)
Around Carson – Western Nevada Historic Photo Collection (An Excellent Index Site)
Pages: 3, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24
Society of Califonia Pioneers
UCB Bancroft Library