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Photograph of Peter Lawford performing at the Copa Room in the Sands Hotel with several celebrities in the audience, Las Vegas, circa 1960
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Archival Collection
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Peter Lawford performing at the Copa Room in the Sands Hotel in the late 1950s to early 1960s. Seated near the stage are several celebrities, including Sammy Davis, Jr., Milton Berle, Marilyn Monroe, Eddie Fisher, Elizabeth Taylor, Dean Martin, and his wife, Jeanne Martin.
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Photograph of Peter Lawford onstage at the Copa Room in the Sands Hotel with several celebrities in the audience, Las Vegas, circa 1960
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Archival Collection
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Peter Lawford performing at the Copa Room in the Sands Hotel in the late 1950s to early 1960s. Seated near the stage are several celebrities, including Sammy Davis, Jr., Milton Berle, Marilyn Monroe, Eddie Fisher, Elizabeth Taylor, Dean Martin, and his wife, Jeanne Martin.
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Chart of Las Vegas water consumption in 1940, circa 1941
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Archival Collection
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1940 Las Vegas water consumption by month.
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Chart of Las Vegas water consumption in 1941, circa 1942
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Archival Collection
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1941 Las Vegas water consumption by month.
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Mounted photographs of William McGruff and Old Man Mason near an artesian well, and William McGruff and his peach trees, Las Vegas, circa 1915
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Archival Collection
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William McGuff (right) and Old Man Mason (left) near an artesian well at the McGruff Ranch. Old Man Mason who brought the first automobile to town. Two photographic prints mounted on one piece of cardboard. It was verified that Paradise Road and Sur Este Avenue are in Las Vegas.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from cardboard mount (below first photo): "William McGruff Ranch. Man in dark clothes is 'Old Man Mason' who brought first auto to town."; Transcribed from second photo: "Mr. McGruff & his peach trees." and "Paradise Rd. on Sur Este Ave."
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Photograph of John Quincy Lisle at the edge of his reservoir, Las Vegas, circa 1930
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Archival Collection
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Lisle stands at the edge of the reservoir fed by an artesian well on his homestead.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "John Quincy "Jack" Lisle at the edge of the reservoir on his homestead in the Las Vegas Valley, about 1930. The reservoir is located not far from the present intersection of Twain and Eastern streets and was one of the best artesian wells in the Las Vegas Valley. At the time it was necessary to make a winding road off the Boulder Highway to reach the homestead. Most people thought that Lisle was absolutely insane to locate a homestead in such a desolate place, but Lisle, and amateur geologist, staked his claim there because he figured that water would be abundant because the land was near the Flamingo Wash. At one time Lisle raised 40 acres of alfalfa on the property."
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Various views of the Latter-day Saints Chapel in North Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints
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Archival Collection
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First grade class, Tonopah School: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.G. Miscellaneous. Back row, from left: John Anderson (2nd), Minnie Cannak (4th), Catherine Ryan (5th), Ray Tennant (6th). Second row: Thelma Call (1st) Elaine O’Hara (3rd), Red Douglas (4th), Billy Geyer (5th), Catherine Banovich (6th), Tom Beko (7th), Clinton Steveson (8th). Front row: Elsie Thompson (1st), Helen Booth (2nd), Leonard Burn (3rd), Muriel Prout (5th), Homer O’Connell (6th), a girl named Burns (in the White dress), and Bruno Skanovsky next to the last in the front row. Others unknown.
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Fairbanks family, Sir Harry Oakes, and more at boarding house in Shoshone, California: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.F. Lowe Family. The boarding house constructed by R.J. "Dad" Fairbanks and his wife, Celestia, at Shoshone, California, shortly after their founding of the community in 1910. The woman at left is Celestia Fairbanks; next to her is her husband, "Dad"; the man to the left of the dog is Shorty Harris; next to him is Herman Jones; the third man down from Herman is Charlie Brown, in white shirt and dark pants. Sitting on post at far right is man the world would later know as Sir Harry Oakes. Photo Taken about 1915. (More info behind photo).
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Photograph of James McMillan, Charles West, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Monsignor Empey, circa 1962
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Archival Collection
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Transcribed from attachment on the back of the photo: "Sands Hotel before 1962 left to right Dr. James B. McMillan, Dr. Charles I. West, Sammy Davis, Jr., Mons. James B. Empey, Pastor of St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church. Presenting an "Award of Merit and honorary fellowship" to Sammy Davis, Jr. and Will Maston trio from the George Washington Carver Memorial Institute of Washington, D. D. for outstanding contributions to the arts, humanities, and better race relations."
Sands Hotel and Casino: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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