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?

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.

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

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

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

Annoted: "OB" and "Bert Turner" [bottom left]; Sign on building reads Gasoline, Hay and Grain
Caption: Pioneer Mine Ore Haulers. 1910.

Photograph of packtrains and buggies crossing desert, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s