Ephemera: 1911 - Gentleman Travelers in the desert near Searchlight, Nevada

Item Specifics

Year of Issue

1911

Item Description

Approximately 5.5" x 3.5"

Photograph of two gentleman travelers a boy, and a uniformed chauffeur with their 1907 Tourist Automobile in the desert near Searchlight, Nevada. The photo is captioned: "Yucca Forest / Desert near Searchlight, Nevada / April 1911."

Tourist Automobiles were made in Los Angeles between 1902 and 1910. They were mostly used in southwest desert country. This appears to be a 1907 two-cylinder model.

Searchlight, Nevada (the birthplace of former Senator Harry Reid) became a boomtown in 1897 after gold was discovered nearby. It reached its peak of production between 1907 and 1911 when over $7 million in gold and other precious minerals were extracted from its mines.

In nice shape. E1150

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