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Photograph of Mayor Oran K. Gragson participating in a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1960s

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1957-10

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Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson (at the microphone) participates in a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Las Vegas. Oran Kenneth Gragson (February 14, 1911 – October 7, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. He was the longest-serving mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1959 to 1975. Gragson, a member of the Republican Party, was a small business owner who was elected Mayor on a reform platform against police corruption and for equal opportunity for people of all socio-economic and racial categories. Gragson died in a Las Vegas hospice on October 7, 2002, at the age of 91. The Oran K. Gragson Elementary School located at 555 N. Honolulu Street, Las Vegas, NV 89110 was named in his honor.

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pho017959

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0310_0018
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    pho017959. Oran K. Gragson Photographs. PH-00310. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1nc5sg7m.

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