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Photograph of a man leading a horse team, Round Mountain (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

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Photograph of a man leading a horse team, Round Mountain (Nev.), early 1900s

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Photograph of a freight team hauling coal in Lincoln County (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

This is a coal team such [as] they drive in this country ha[uling] coal to the furnaces. From (?) 24. Twelve and fourteen is what they use hauling freight from the railroad to the inland camps. They are handled by one man and drove with a jerk line.

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Photograph of Jake Beckley and Ed Von Tobel, Sr. in front of the Ed. Von Tobel Lumber Company, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1905 to 1976

Description

Ed Von Tobel, Sr. and Jake Beckley stand in front of the Von Tobel Lumber Company on South First Street in Las Vegas. Pictured are the office, lumber storage, shed and sales room. Beckley, Ed. Von Tobel Sr.'s business partner is seen standing on a horse-drawn wagon on the left. Behind the wagon are stacked shingles. The lumber company was founded in 1905, shortly after the Las Vegas townsite lot auction, but moved from its original location on South Main Street when that proved to be "too far out of town" for business. The South First Street building was destroyed by fire in 1914. Photograph taken 1905?-1906?

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Photograph of horse teams and wagonloads of freight in the desert, 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Photograph of horse teams and wagonloads of freight in the desert, 1900-1925

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Photograph of mule teams hauling mining equipment, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

Unknown year in the decade of the 1900s

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Photograph of mule teams hauling mining equipment, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

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Photograph of mule teams hauling ore through the desert from the Potosi Mine, 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Caption: Hauling ore from Potosi Mine Las Vegas, Nevada

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Photograph of a horse-drawn ore hauler in Eldorado Canyon(Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Caption: In El Dorado Canyon [above] Mill-bound from the Mines [below]

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Photograph of packtrain and horse team at mine, Round Mountain (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Photograph of packtrain and horse team at mine, Round Mountain (Nev.), early 1900s

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