Photographic postcard of buildings in Rhyolite, Nevada. Text on front of postcard: "The Ghost Town of Rhyolite, Nevada"; Handwritten note on back of postcard: "Doris, Mabel & Frank took our picnic dinner to this town and ate it Dec 25, 1951 - almost a complete ghost town. We purchased this card in the bottle house of an old residenter who said he arrived in 1886 and would not live any place else".
A deserted railroad depot in the middle of the desert. A label at the bottom of the photo: "Once a busy railroad depot connecting Nevada and California, the skeletal remains of this station is one of the best preserved structures in Rhyolite."
Transcribed from behind photograph, "Railroad post office stamp from a railroad post office car in either the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad or Bullfrog-Goldfield Railroad from Rhyolite, Nevada."
Transcribed from behind photograph, "Railroad post office stamp from a railroad post office car in either the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad or Bullfrog-Goldfield Railroad from Rhyolite, Nevada."
Rhyolite, Nevada, 1993. Looking from the old school building out at the old Cook Bank to the left and the Porter General Store to the right. The school was constructed in 1908. The town folded around 1912. (photo by Don Walker)
Typed description provided on back of image: "This was our home in Rhyolite during 1909 and 1910. Left to right my sister Leila, my mother Mrs. Robert L. Sloan, my sister Margaret (4 yrs old) Nellie, age 8. Home was about 3 blocks from the school but I do not remember the street name. House showing to the right had blown from its foundation across the street and lodged against our house. It became our playhouse." From left to right: 1) Leila Faird; 2) Mrs. Robert L. Sloan; 3) Margaret Faird (age 4); and 4) Nellie (age 8).