Selma Morrison Photo Album, containing images of people and places in Southern Nevada (and other various locations across the United States) from approximately 1910-1940. Loose photos that originally were part of the album were digitized in the order that they would have appeared in the album. Several images not connected to the album and loose ephemera have also been digitized and can be viewed after the back cover of the album.
Individuals stand in front of Frazier Hall, UNLV's first building. Identified from left to right: 1. Corinne Johnson, 2. Walter Long, 3. Fritz Bell, Director, 4. Dorothy Dorothy. Johnson shakes hands with Long, and Dorothy holds a stack of papers. The building's name can be seen at the top of the image. Inscription with photo reads "Corrine Johnson, not 'Bell', owner of Johnson's Department Store on Fremont Street." [identified by Dorothy Dorothy 11-1-84]
Inside Frazier Hall, UNLV's first building, Dorothy Dorothy points at the Frazier Hall Plaque. Dorothy is accompanied by Fritz Bell (left) and Corinne Johnson (right). Inscription with photo reads "Publicity pic for some political event. I am sure it was for the big meeting when the then-governor, Gov. Sawyer, appointed [Maude Frazier to be] Lt. Gov after Rex Bell died." [identified by Dorothy Dorothy 11-1-84]
Four men stand at a podium at UNLV for a memorial service for Dag Hammarskjold (Swedish Diplomat and Secretary General of the United Nations who died in a plane crash). The memorial took place at Nevada Southern Univeristy on September 27, 1961; The university is now named Univeristy of Nevada Las Vegas. Identified from left to right: "1. Gen. Boyd Hubbard, Nellis Air Force Base, 2. Nevada Senator Howard Cannon, 3. Sam Boyd, 4. George Fleigh." Site Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
From the Historic Building Survey Photograph Collection (PH-00345). Frazier Hall, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Dr. Roman Zorn (center), UNLV President, presents Distinguished Nevadan Awards to Juanita Greer White (left) and James Cashman, Jr. at the 1972 UNLV Commencement.