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Film negative of Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 21, 1967
Date
1967-12-21
Archival Collection
Description
Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall. The man standing next to him is unidentified. A certificate From Delta dated June 25, 1961 hangs on the wall behind him. Oran Kenneth Gragson (February 14, 1911 – October 7, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. He was the longest-serving mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1959 to 1975. Gragson, a member of the Republican Party, was a small business owner who was elected Mayor on a reform platform against police corruption and for equal opportunity for people of all socio-economic and racial categories. Gragson died in a Las Vegas hospice on October 7, 2002, at the age of 91. The Oran K. Gragson Elementary School located at 555 N. Honolulu Street, Las Vegas, NV 89110 was named in his honor.
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An exterior view of the North Las Vegas City Hall framed by the roofline of a medical office building on North McDaniel Street in North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
Date
2019-02-06
Archival Collection
Description
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.
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A Look at the City of Las Vegas: City Government, 1972
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Gilbert Buck Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00281
Collection Name: Gilbert Buck Papers
Box/Folder: Box 06
Collection Name: Gilbert Buck Papers
Box/Folder: Box 06
Archival Component
Photograph of residential homes in Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1932 - late 1930s
Date
1932 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
View of residential homes, one under construction, in Boulder City. City Hall, originally Boulder City Elementary School located at 401 California Avenue, can be seen on the far right.
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City of Las Vegas 5th Annual Town Hall Meeting by Briare, Bill (Mayor), 1982 April 12
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Clark County Planning Commission Research Library Collection
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Collection Number: MS-01027
Collection Name: Clark County Planning Commission Research Library Collection
Box/Folder: Box 88
Collection Name: Clark County Planning Commission Research Library Collection
Box/Folder: Box 88
Archival Component
City of Boulder City clocktower and landscape plan, 1996
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
UNLV University Libraries Collection of Architecture Drawings
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Collection Number: MS-00923
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection of Architecture Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 093
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection of Architecture Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 093
Archival Component
Howard Hughes inside of City Hall after completing his around-the-world flight, 1938 July 15
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 12
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 12
Archival Component
Las Vegas, Nevada City Hall hearings for individuals arrested at the Lenten Desert Experience: photographic slides, 1979 May
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00352
Collection Name: Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Binder PB-010
Collection Name: Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Binder PB-010
Archival Component
Photograph of sign on highway to Boulder City, 1940s-1950s
Date
1940 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Automobiles on the highway leading to Boulder City, Nevada. The sign to the left of the road reads, "Boulder City, Lake Mead Lodge, Lake Mead Boat Co."
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Photograph of Joe Andre, Salt Lake City (Utah), circa 1918
Date
1917 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
Portrait of Joe Andre in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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