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Photograph of Elmer Nelsmon Ham and friend, circa 1800s
Date
1850 to 1890
Archival Collection
Description
Elmer Nelson Ham and an unidentified man.
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Cliff Segerblom Artwork
Identifier
MS-01029
Abstract
The Cliff Segerblom Artwork contains four pieces of Segerblom's artwork. One painting of a desert home in Nelson, Nevada titled "Afternoon in Nelson" from 1940, one drawing of the USS Hornet from 1969, and two watercolor paintings of Lake Mead and Sunrise Mountain. The First Annual Southern Nevada Art Exhibit originally displayed "Afternoon in Nelson" in Las Vegas, Nevada between January 27 and 28 in 1940. The USS Hornet drawing was created November 1969, depicting a fighter aircraft aboard the USS Hornet at Apollo 12's splashdown. The two watercolors were donated to the University in 1962 by the Clark County Panhellenic Association.
Archival Collection
Photograph of Dunes Hotel showgirls, Las Vegas, 1955
Date
1955
Archival Collection
Description
Seven showgirls from the Dunes Hotel posing by the hotel's swimming pool soon after its opening in Las Vegas, Nevada. From left to right, the women are Penny Davidson, Billie Nelson, Sherry Klarke, Pat Gautier, Gloria Curtis, Pat O'Conner, and Irene Rainwater.
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