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John Pappas Photograph Collection (PH-00300)

Abstract

The John Pappas Photograph Collection is comprised of four black-and-white photographic reprints, taken from between 1930 to 1949 and reprinted from between 1999 to 2005, that depict employees from the White Spot Cafe in Las Vegas, Nevada being paid in silver dollars by the owner, John Pappas.

Finding Aid PDF

Date

1999 to 2005

Extent

0.01 Cubic Feet (One vertical hanging folder)
0.01 Linear Feet

Related People/Corporations

Scope and Contents Note

The John Pappas Photograph Collection is comprised of four black-and-white photographic reprints. The photographs were taken from between 1930 to 1949 and reprinted from between 1999 to 2005, and depict employees from the White Spot Cafe in Las Vegas, Nevada being paid in silver dollars by the owner, John Pappas.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.

Arrangement

Materials remain as they were received.

Biographical / Historical Note

The White Spot Cafe & Arcade was a cafe located at 109 Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada and was owned and operated by John Pappas from 1932 to 1951. In 1951, the cafe was purchased by Eldorado Club co-owner Arthur Rozen.

Source:

Southern Nevada Telephone Company Collection, 1957-1966. MS-00601. Special Collections and Archives, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. UNLV Libraries, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Related Collections

The following resource may provide additional information related to the materials in this collection:

John H. Pappas oral history interview, 1974 October 04. OH-01428. Transcript. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Preferred Citation

John Pappas Photograph Collection, approximately 1999-2005. PH-00300. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Materials were periodically collected by the University Libraries Special Collections and Archives.

Processing Note

In 2020, as part of a backlog elimination project, Joseph Puentes created the finding aid and entered the data into ArchivesSpace.

Resource Type

Collection

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NVLN::PH00300

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