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Aids to Decisionmaking in Police Patrol by the New York City Rand Institute, 1971 February

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File

Archival Collection

Ardis Kearns Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00348
Collection Name: Ardis Kearns Papers
Box/Folder: Box 19

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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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A Look at the City of Las Vegas: City Government, 1972

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File

Archival Collection

Gilbert Buck Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00281
Collection Name: Gilbert Buck Papers
Box/Folder: Box 06

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New York City Off-track Betting Corporation news reports, statistics, and reports, 1978-2005

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File

Archival Collection

Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00561
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 193

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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

Portrait of Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall. A certificate From Delta dated June 25, 1961 and a group photograph of five men hang 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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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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Monthly meeting in conjunction with the National Hotel Show, Metropolitan Branch of International Stewards and Caterers Association at the Hotel Commodore, New York City, New York: photographic print, 1945 November 14

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Archival Collection

International Food Service Executives Association Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00363
Collection Name: International Food Service Executives Association Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box SH-068

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Le Dîner De Printemps, Les Amis D'escoffier 26th Anniversary, Hotel Sheraton East, New York City, New York: photographic print, 1962 April 24

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Item

Archival Collection

International Food Service Executives Association Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00363
Collection Name: International Food Service Executives Association Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box SH-068

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City of Boulder City clocktower and landscape plan, 1996

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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

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Boulder City looking northeast: photographic print

Date

1930 (year uncertain) to 1933 (year uncertain)

Description

Boulder City, Nevada in the distance of the desert, looking northeast. Illegible text handwritten on verso.

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