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Freight team leaving Bullfrog, Nevada, December 1, 1905. There is an inscription on the back of the photo: "Headed for Goldfield, 65 miles to the north. Bullfrog was founded after the discovery of gold in the area in 1904. By 1907 Rhyolite, the tent camp at the left in the picture, had become the city of the district with a population of over 6000. The boom was over by the end of 1907." There is a date stamp: 1980.

From the Elizabeth Harrington Photograph Collection (PH-00291). Inscription with image reads: "Old Timers Parade first Helldorado 1935. In back seat with checker shirt is C. P. ('Pop') Squires. Behind him is David Farnsworth. Ronzone's Department Store, the only real Dept. store in Las Vegas at that time - now site of the Golden Nugget. Ronzone's at this time was located on the south side of Fremont Street." - E(lizabeth) Harrington. "NEVADAN" stamp on verso.