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Paul J. Richert Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00102

Abstract

The Paul J. Richert Photograph Collection (approximately 1950-1951) consists of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives depicting the swimming pools at the Desert Inn and Flamingo Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Also included is an image of the Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes dance group and an image of the El Rancho Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

Las Vegas Women in Construction Collection

Identifier

MS-00500

Abstract

The Las Vegas Women in Construction Collection (1962-1963) consists of a scrapbook compiled by Joyce McMinn Beckett, president of the Las Vegas, Nevada Chapter of The National Association of Women in Construction. The scrapbook contains meeting programs, sign-in sheets, clippings, newsletters, and several photographs from the 1962 Las Vegas, Nevada meeting of Women in Construction (WIC) at the Dunes Hotel.

Archival Collection

The Collection of Newspaper Clippings on Thomas Hanley

Identifier

MS-00567

Abstract

The Collection of Newspaper Clippings on Thomas Hanley is comprised of photocopied newspaper articles from the Las Vegas Sun and Las Vegas Review-Journal, dating from 1956 and 1972. The materials relate to the life and career of Thomas Hanley, a union boss accused of several murders and convicted of the murder of Al Bramlet.

Archival Collection

Lincoln County Museum Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00119

Abstract

The Lincoln County Museum Photograph Collection contains photographs of towns, railroads, and mining operations in Lincoln County, Nevada from 1870 to 1953. The photographs primarily depict mines and railroads in Pioche, Caliente, Bullionville, and Panaca from 1900 to 1908 during part of Nevada’s mining boom. The photographs also depict Paiute workers, horse freight teams, geographical landmarks, and students in Lincoln County.

Archival Collection

Karen Allison Collection on Contract Bridge

Identifier

MS-00899

Abstract

The Karen Allison Collection on Contract Bridge (1937-1997) contains instructional guides, pamphlets, and booklets explaining the rules and strategies for contract bridge, a card game. Included are correspondence and meeting minutes with contract bridge organizations with which Allison was associated. Also included are lists of players who participated in the Monte Carlo 5th World Bridge Olympiad in Monte Carlo, Monaco in 1976.

Archival Collection

Richard B. Taylor Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00283

Abstract

The Richard B. Taylor Photograph Collection (approximately 1957-1991) consists of black-and-white and color photographic prints and negatives. The images depict Taylor alongside Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity brothers playing table games and seated at a bar inside the Arizona Club in Las Vegas, Nevada. Additional images portray Taylor’s home on Trotter Circle in Las Vegas decorated for Halloween.

Archival Collection

Katherine Hoenig Arai Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00341

Abstract

The Katherine Hoenig Arai Photograph Collection dates from 1941 to 1942, and contains black-and-white photographic prints of the owner and founder of the El Rancho Vegas, Thomas E. Hull and his wife Jerry. Images depict the Hulls posing inside and out in front of the hotel shortly after its opening, as well as a and also a portrait of Hull.

Archival Collection

Fred and Eva Gillhouse Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00032

Abstract

The Fred and Eva Gillhouse Photograph Collection contains photographs and postcards from Nevada and California from 1855 to 1968. The photographs primarily depict buildings in Carson City and Virginia City, Nevada, and Sacramento, California. The photographs also depict Eva Olenna Blood Ruff Gillhouse at her typewriter and with Frank "Pistol Pete" Eaton, the subject of her biography Pistol Pete, Veteran of the Old West.

Archival Collection

Fedora Bontempi Simpkin Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00239

Abstract

The Fedora Bontempi Simpkin Photograph Collection (1970-1983) consists of black-and-white and color photographic prints depicting Clark County, Nevada Mother's Day Celebrations and mother of the year award ceremonies. Pictured honorees include Grace Hayes, Frances Liberace, and Joyce Straus. Other images include Fedora Bontempi Simpkin with Nevada Senator Howard W. Cannon and Nevada Governor Richard Bryan.

Archival Collection

Austin R. Wardle Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00145

Abstract

The Austin R. Wardle Photograph Collection (1907) consists of three black-and-white photographic prints of the main street and schoolhouse in Tonopah, Nevada. Also included are three photographic reproductions and three negatives of the originals. Two images show the funeral procession of Wardle's younger brother, Orley, who died of meningitis at the age of eight; the remaining image shows the Tonopah schoolhouse with children lined up in preparation for the funeral procession.

Archival Collection