First mail flight from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. Front left: Maury Graham, pilot; At scales: Harris M. "Pop" Hanshue, founder of Western Air Express, later called Western Airlines. Los Angeles postmaster is weighing mail sacks.
Written on the photograph, "Topping off Riviera Hotel. L-R- Harley Harmon, County Commissioner; Leonard Fayle, Chamber of Commerce; Herb McDonald; Marshall Wright, Manager of Riviera; Mayor C.D. Baker." Site Name: Riviera Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Overhead shot of the ranch house and pool at Spring Mountain Ranch, outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. The property was purchased by Howard Hughes from Vera Krupp as a house for his wife, Jean Peters, who never followed her husband to Las Vegas.
Photographs from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s) (PH-00388-05). Client: Marketing and Public Relations, News Center