Portrait of Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall. A certificate From Delta dated June 25, 1961 and a group photograph of five men hang on the wall behind him. 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.

Eighth grade graduation class on steps of Las Vegas School, May 25, 1928. Identified from left to right, 1st row: 3-Ellsmane Forbes. 2nd row: 1-Billy Mott; 7-Teddy Holman; 8-Colen Hickman; 11- Lee Beatty; 12-Gordon Potter; 16-Leland Ward. 3rd row: 4-Kermit Krause; 6- George Ullom; 8-Tom Carroll; 11-Evelyn White; 12-Cal Cory; 13-Maybelle Pistol; 14-Andy Crowell. 4th row: 5-Bruce Beckley; 7-Bud Doherty; 8-Katherine Mosbaugh; 11-Louise Lorenzi; 12-Bill Elwell. 6th row: 2- Eldon Larson, teacher; 8- Charles Harmon; 12-K.O. Knudson."

Probably a Rotary affair in 1941 when army air base began. Left to right (back row): 1) ?; 2) Jim Cashman; 3) Frank Gusewelle; 4) ?; 5) Vern Willis; 6) Bob Griffith; 7) George Marshall; 8) ?; 9) ?; 10) ?; 11) W .E. Ferron; 12) ?. Left to right (front row): 1) ?; 2) A. C. Grant; 3) ?; 4) ?; 5) Chic Hecht; 6) ?; 7) Spence Butterfield; 8) ?; 9) Lewi Wirner; 10) Bob Russel. ID by Shirley Ferron Swanson, 10/25/83.