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Title
A horse team (desert freighters) starting for Bullfrog from Las Vegas, Nevada, ca.1895-1905
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1895/1905
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society Collection at Stanford
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a horse team (desert freighters) starting for Bullfrog from Las Vegas, Nevada, ca.1895-1905. A 12-horse team pulling 3 covered wagons with single jerk line to horses as they team overland. The horses kick up dirt as they gallop through the town. A horseman rides close to the wagon team. In the background are early western-like buildings. Legible signs include: "Las Vegas Bank & Trust Co., capital 3,000,000", "drugs".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m11786
USC-1-1-1-11938 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-5935
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11786
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-5935.jpg
Subject
Transportation--Draft--Wagons
Wagons
Horses
Deserts
Transportation features
Time Period
circa 1895/1905
Place
Las Vegas
Nevada
USA
Source
1-155- [Microfiche number]
5935 [Accession number]
CHS-5935 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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