From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Civic Center Drive between Las Vegas Boulevard and Lake Mead Boulevard.

Close-up of schoolchildren standing in the snow outside of the Fifth Street School. Handwritten note on back of photo: "Harry Hicks, the little boy on the end at the right side of the picture. Harry is now a doctor in Salt Lake City (1975)." Photo is accompanied by a Xerox copy of a newspaper clipping "Help us write history; Las Vegas Review Journal, July 16, 1985: These Children enjoying a rare Las Vegas snowstorm are undoubtedly members of Doris Hancock's elementary school class. From left, second child is Kathleen Meyers, and eighth is Harry Hicks, now a doctor in Salt Lake City. Can anyone identify any others, or tell just when or where the photo was taken? Please call UNLV Special Collections, 739-3252, 9a.m. - 4:30p.m. Monday-Thursday."

L-R: Dr. Reuben Zucker, Judge John McGroarty, Nevada politician Myrna (Torme) Williams at the WE CAN "Love Ya Child" benefit at the Union Plaza Hotel, Las Vegas. WE CAN (Working to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect) was a chapter of the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse (later Prevent Child Abuse America). Site Name: Union Plaza Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 1 South Main Street

There was an inscription on the image. "This photo was taken in Beatty, Nevada in the mid-1930s. Engine #8 of the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad can be seen idling in the railroad yards. The Tonopah and Tidewater was one of the three railroads serving Beatty during the Rhyolite mining boom of 1906-07. It was built in 1907 and ran until 1940. The tracks were removed in 1943. The other two lines were the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad (1906-1918) and the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad (1906-1928). The Tonopah and Tidewater ran from Ludlow, CA to Goldfield, NV, although its rails only reached Beatty. The railroad used both L. V. and T.R.R. and B. G. R.R. track between Beatty and Goldfield. Engine #8 was a 2-8-0 Baldwin built for the T. & T. in 1907. The engine was sold to Kaiser Steel Company in 1944 when the T. & T. was abandoned. Kaiser rebuilt it and used it as a switcher until it was scrapped, probably in the 1950s."

Depicted in the photograph is the original home of Mr. And Mrs. J.T. McWilliams. The house stood at the corner of "C" Street and Wilson Streets, but has since been destroyed by fire. This photograph came with a letter which read, "Dear Mrs Kepper: It is hoped that the enclosed photograph of the original home of Mr. and Mrs. J.T. McWilliams will be of some use and value to your collection. Mr. McWilliams was the subdivider of the original town of Las Vegas, located on the west side of the Rail Road Tracks and north of Bonanza Road. The house has been burned down, and, only ashes remain. My sister Jean Nevada Fayle, was born in this house June 9, 1909. The McWilliams and my folks were very good friends. At one time Mr. McWilliams served as County Surveyor. The house stood at the north east corner of "C" and Wilson Streets. With best best wishes, Leonard F."

Father James Sheehy (center) was honored by St. Christopher's Catholic Church with a parish-wide dinner at the Las Vegas Elks Club, North Las Vegas, Nevada, January, 1964. North Las Vegas Mayor William Taylor (left) presented him with a key to the city and spoke on behalf of the City of North Las Vegas. Bishop Robert Dwyer (right) of Reno was the principal speaker.