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George Laurence Ullom Photograph Collection
Identifier
Abstract
The George Laurence Ullom Photograph Collection (1915-1974) contains photographic prints and negatives created by Las Vegas, Nevada photographer George Laurence "Larry" Ullom. Larry owned and operated Ullom’s Desert Art Studio, which was located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The bulk of the collection consists of Ullom's wedding chapel photography. The collection also includes his photography work for the Bureau of Reclamation, the Agricultural Extension Service, and the Associated Press, Atlantic News, and Acme news bureaus.
Archival Collection
Nevada State Museum
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Sheilagh Brooks Collection on Nevada Historical Sites and Museums
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Photographs of NASCAR Cafe signs, Las Vegas (Nev.), 2002
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Site name: Sahara Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site address: 2535 S Las Vegas Blvd
Sign details: Located in Sahara casino's Sahara Ave. side
Sign condition: Structure 5 Surface 5 Lighting 5
Sign form: Fascia
Sign - type of display: Neon; Incandescent; Backlit
Sign - media: Steel; Plastic
Sign - non-neon treatments: Graphics; Paint
Sign animation: Chasing, flashing, oscillating
Sign manufacturer: Mikhon Lighting and Sign
Sign - date of installation: 2000
Surveyor: Joshua Cannaday
Survey - date completed: 2002
Sign keywords: Chasing; Flashing; Oscillating; Fascia; Neon; Incandescent; Backlit; Steel; Plastic; Graphics; Paint
Mixed Content
Photographs of Bally's signs, Las Vegas (Nev.), 2002
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Site name: Bally's Las Vegas
Site address: 3645 S Las Vegas Blvd
Sign owner: Park Place Entertainment
Sign form: Pylon; Fascia; Porte-cochère
Sign - type of display: Neon; Incandescent; Backlit
Sign - media: Steel; Plastic
Sign - non-neon treatments: Graphics; Paint
Sign animation: Chasing, flashing, oscillating
Surveyor: Joshua Cannaday
Survey - date completed: 2002
Sign keywords: Chasing; Flashing; Oscillating; Pylon; Fascia; Porte-cochère; Neon; Incandescent; Backlit; Steel; Plastic; Paint; Graphics
Mixed Content
Video interview with Rose Hamilton, Carolyn Haywood, Marilyn Armstrong, Hannah Johnson, Bobbie Gilmore and Delores "Dodi" Johnson, January 20, 2007
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Oral history conversation with Rose Hamilton, Carolyn Haywood, Marilyn Armstrong, Hannah Johnson, Bobbie Gilmore and Delores (Dodi) Johnson. The group shares memories of how they and their families came to live in Las Vegas during the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Moving Image
Postcard of a house made of glass bottles, Tonopah, (Nev.), 1900-1920
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Site Name: Peck's Bottle House (Tonopah, Nev.)
Image
Photograph of men standing in front of Justice of the Peace and Recorder office, Round Mountain (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Site Name: Office of Justice of the Peace (Round Mountain, Nev.)
Image
Photograph of Frontier club at night, Las Vegas, circa mid 1930s to early 1950s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Image
Photograph of the Westerner Gambling House (Las Vegas), circa 1950s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Color Photograph of the facade of the Westerner Gambling House.
Site Name: Westerner
Address: 23 Fremont Street
Image
Film transparency of street view of Fremont Street (Las Vegas), circa 1932
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Fremont Street in the 1930s.
Site Name: Fremont Street
Address: Fremont street, Las Vegas, NV
Image