Harold Minsky poses with six showgirls at the Playboy Hotel. The dancers are wearing rhinestone bikini-style costumes and large feathered headdresses. The Knickerbocker has gone through several incarnations since it opened in 1927. Legend has it that in the 1930s the hotel housed a casino frequented by Al Capone. During World War II and the Korean War, US Armed Forces officers would fill the property's hallways and play cards in the Officer's Club. In 1952, Richard Nixon was nominated Vice President during the Republican National Convention held in the hotel. Finally, in the 1970s it became the Playboy Hotel, owned by Hugh Hefner. Site Name: Playboy Hotel (Chicago, Ill.) Street Address: 163 East Walton Place
Arrival of a stagecoach from Stonewall Station, Hornsilver, Nevada, June 1908. There is an inscription on the back of the image. "Hornsilver, originally known as Lime Point, was settled when silver was discovered in the area in the 1860's. The name of the camp was changed to Hornsilver in 1908 when rich Hornsilver was found in the area. In the 1930's when gold became the major product of the area the name of the town was again changed, this time to Gold Point, the name it is known by today." There is a date stamp: May 1979.
Transcribed from the picture, "Northern Paiute - 10. After the Northern Paiutes were placed on reservations and could no longer hunt or gather food freely, the U.S. Government provided them with food rations or commodities. These food rations came in the form of flour, beans, bacon, sugar, coffee and meat. Bobbie Dodd and Hastings Pancho, shown here, are preparing to distribute meat. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Katie Frazier."
Cyril, Lottie, Ward and Ree Wengert pose with Bob and Marilyn Wengert Gatewood as they travel to Hawaii. They are on a cruise boat outside, wearing leis. This photograph was taken sometime between 1949-1959.
The Las Vegas High School library club of 1929. Pictured standing in bottom row are, left to right, Arlene Stewart, Laura McDonald, Joy Simon, Eva Adams, teacher. Middle row, left to right are Catherine Deverell, Mary Stockburger, Helen Garner, June Simon. Top row, left to right are Bessie Gregory, Dorothy Buzick, Doris Kramer, Frances Martin. Site Name: Las Vegas High School (Las Vegas, Nev.)
There was an inscription on the image. "The burro was the principal form of transportation used by prospectors in central Nevada at the turn of the century. The prospectors had a love-hate relationship with the animals, which were dependable and well adapted to the desert region, although they could be stubborn and cunning. As the automobile became the accepted mode of transportation, the burros were turned loose and roamed the streets and local trash dumps of the area's towns. They were one of the principal forms of entertainment for local children until they gradually disappeared from the metropolitan areas in the 1920s. The burros that roam Death Valley and the Marietta area of central Nevada today are descendants of those left behind by the prospectors."
First mail flight from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. Front left: Maury Graham, pilot; At scales: Harris M. "Pop" Hanshue, founder of Western Air Express, later called Western Airlines. Los Angeles postmaster is weighing mail sacks.
Black and white image of the Fremont Theatre marquee advertising "Attila." The marquee reads: "A. Quinn, S. Loren "Attila" technicolor; Free Parking 4 HRS 3RD & Carson." Another sign reads: "'Attila' starrring Anthony Quinn and Sophia Loren." There are several posters advertising "Attila." Site Name: Fremont Theatre (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Unveiling the Western Airlines plaque at the corner of Sahara and Paradise Road, the site of first airport in Las Vegas. L-R: Commissioner P. J. Christensen; Commissioner Ron Lurie; Jubilee coordinator John F. Cahlan; Western Airlines board Chairman Arthur "Art" Kelly.