The NUGGET has earned the reputation of being Carson City's "Monte Carlo," because it features a complete Casino with the most generous slot machines in Nevada, and has excellent bars and the finest food served anywhere on the continent.

January 1964. "Carson City, Nevada." The latest dispatch from Don Cox takes us to the intersection of Carson and Spear, home of the Nugget Casino. View full size.

January 1963. "Lincoln convertible on snow road." From somewhere in the Sierras comes this Agfachrome of Don Cox's red 1957 Lincoln Premiere against a backdrop of snow white and sky blue. Happy Fourth of July from Shorpy! View full size.

Dearborn, Michigan. "1963 Ford Fairlane two-door sedan." Color transparency from the Ford Motor Co. photographic archive. View full size.

June 13, 1962. "Helene Alexander at her home in Palm Springs, California, with Mrs. Zeppo Marx." Kodachrome by Cal Bernstein for the Look magazine assignment "Promised land for millions of migrating Americans: California's way-out way of life." View full size.

July 1944. New York. "Under the Third Avenue IRT elevated train line, looking north at East 58th Street." Color transparency by Andreas Feininger for Life magazine. View full size.

        "In my studio Elizabeth was quiet and shy. She struck me as an average teenager, except that she was incredibly beautiful." -- Philippe Halsman

"In a décolleté silk evening dress Elizabeth Taylor sits for photographer Philippe Halsman. The former child star will be 17 next week." (Life magazine, February 21, 1949; photo taken in New York, October 1948.) Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division. View full size.

        Updated April 2021 with a better scan of this Kodachrome.

December 1942. "40th Street Shops (Chicago & North Western locomotive shops at Chicago)." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.

Dearborn, Michigan, 1946. "Ford Rouge B-Building. Cars leaving assembly line." Ansco color transparency from the Ford Motor Co. photographic archives. View full size.

"Astoria '44" is the latest Kodachrome from Navy photographer's mate Don Cox. The view here is looking west along Commercial Street at the intersection with 14th. View full size.

Dearborn, Michigan. "1954 Ford Crestline Fordor Sedan." With room in back for their 2.5 kids. Color transparency from the Ford Motor Co. photographic archives. View full size.

    UPDATE: The view here is of Douglas Street in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia!

The slide mount for this street scene -- the latest (and earliest) Kodachrome from hotrodder-shutterbug Don Cox -- is bereft of notation regarding location. Where are we? View full size.

"Sierras, 1950, Nevada." The Christmas Tree Lodge on the Mount Rose Highway south of Reno is the backdrop for this latest Kodachrome of Don Cox's 1939 Mercury. The restaurant, which touted its "mahogany-broiled steaks and chops," is no more, replaced by the Tannenbaum Event Center. Now, who's gonna squeegee that tyke off the bumper? View full size.

        UPDATE: "Cafe Texaco" is the Tom's Place resort in Mono County, as pinpointed by Shorpy member Dennis Lorton.

"California Sierras, 1950 -- 1939 Merc." This Kodachrome of a Mercury Eight sedan from the brand's first model year is the latest from meandering motor man Don Cox. View full size.

"San Francisco 1947" is the notation on this latest Kodachrome from Don Cox. Who, given the choice of shooting pedestrians or running them over, chooses the former. View full size.

This Kodachrome dated October 1971 and labeled "Navajo" is the latest dispatch from our peregrinating correspondent Don Cox. Only 400 feet ahead: Baby Rocks! View full size.