Written on back of photograph: "Taken October 2, 1900 in the Mediterranean cost near Mersin, Turkey - Looks like I have jeans on. That is the camel saddle. I have on a dress. Notice the bell on the saddle in the front of me. The Turk happens to be a modern one. Velma [Bradley?]"
Transcribed from photograph, "Washo - 7. Many Washo children attended the Carson Indian School at Stewart, Nevada. This school, originally established for the Washo, was later attended by the other Nevada tribes. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada."
From the Fedora Bontempi Simpkin Photograph Collection (PH-00239). From left to right is Olea Rowley, Clark County Pioneer Mother of the Year; Lt. Gov. Myron Leavitte; Stella Medina, Clark County Exemplary Mother; Rheba Washington, Clark County Educational Mother; and Jeanne Hood, Clark County Executive Mother in 1979.