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Las Vegas Convention Center: East Hall expansion record drawings, 1975 October 15; 1977 April 1

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

JMA Architecture Studio Records
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Collection Number: MS-00783
Collection Name: JMA Architecture Studio Records
Box/Folder: Roll 22

Archival Component

Las Vegas Convention Center: East Hall expansion record drawings, 1975 October 15; 1977 April 1

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

JMA Architecture Studio Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00783
Collection Name: JMA Architecture Studio Records
Box/Folder: Roll 23

Archival Component

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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Photograph of radio operators, July 13, 1938

Date

1938-07-13

Description

The black and white view of radio operators assisting Howard Hughes on his flight. Text printed on accompanying paper strip: "Keeping in touch with Hughes' flight. L to R: Standing -- Charles Perrine and Al Lodwick. Seated are radio operators Gordon Gregory and Gus Kovatz. 7/13/38 Press Association."

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Committee leaders hall of fame, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1995 April (folder 1 of 1), image 15

Date

1995-04

Description

Arrangement note: Series III. Internal: Work

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Union Hall interior and parking lot, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1990s (folder 1 of 1), image 15

Date

1990 to 1999

Description

Arrangement note: Series III. Internal: Work

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Construction of union hall on Commerce Street, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1990s (folder 1 of 1), image 15

Date

1990 to 1999

Description

Arrangement note: Series III. Internal: Work

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Construction of union hall on Commerce Street, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1990s (folder 1 of 1), image 15

Date

1990 to 1999

Description

Arrangement note: Series III. Internal: Work

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Planting the lawn outside the union hall, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1990s (folder 1 of 1), image 15

Date

1990 to 1999

Description

Arrangement note: Series IV. Internal: Social

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