Abstract
The Darrell Bradford Photograph Collection consists of black-and-white photographic prints, corresponding negatives, and one corresponding slide of aerials of Las Vegas, Nevada and surrounding areas between approximately 1940 and 1970. Many of the photographs depict downtown Las Vegas, as well as McCarran International Airport and renderings for its expansion.
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Scope and Contents Note
The Darrell Bradford Photograph Collection consists of black-and-white photographic prints, corresponding negatives, and one corresponding slide of aerials of Las Vegas, Nevada and surrounding areas between approximately 1940 and 1970. Many of the photographs depict downtown Las Vegas, as well as McCarran International Airport and renderings for its expansion.
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 in original order.
Biographical / Historical Note
Darrell A. Bradford was born on March 19, 1930 in Spanish Fork, Utah to Moses Bradford and Anna Rigtrup. Bradford worked as an assistant manager at Alamo Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada before it was sold in 1948 by its owners, George and Peg Crockett, to Clark County and renamed McCarran International Airport. Bradford married Ruth Young in Elko, Nevada in May of 1954. Bradford died on December 22, 1996.
Sources:
“Thunderbird Once Owned by Howard Hughes Sold at Barrett Jackson,” Airport Journals, March 1, 2006, Accessed: January 31, 2020. http://airportjournals.com/thunderbird-once-owned-by-howard-hughes-sold-at-barrett-jackson/
Genealogy Files about "Darrell Andrew Bradford." Accessed February 11, 2020. Accessed from familysearch.org.
Preferred Citation
Darrell Bradford Photograph Collection, approximately 1940-1970. PH-00140. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated by Darrell Bradford in 1982; accession number 82-59.
Processing Note
In 2020, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, James Howard wrote the finding aid and entered the data into ArchivesSpace.