Senator George Malone standing next to Gimick the horse in the desert in Nevada. The postcard caption reads: "Senator Malone and "Gimick," one of the top roping and dogging horses west of the Rockies. Gimick has to stand on his tiptoes to be 14 " hands high-weighs 1,050 pounds and on the "getaway" the third jump he is going as fast as he is ever going to go. The Senator gets a calf about every second or third throw."
Senator George Malone riding his horse PAYDIRT in what could possibly be Nevada. The postcard caption reads, "Senator Malone up on his "Cutting horse PAYDIRT" - the little Quarter horse mare stands 14 " hands high and weighs 1,050 pounds. PAYDIRT- a top competitor in any company- is cream colored buckskin with blue stripe down her back."
Center: the Las Vegas Grammar School, built in 1911, and demolished between 1964-1965; Right: the Las Vegas High School, built in 1917, was burned May 11, 1934. The photo was taken in 1931.
Gary Meyer, Principal of Faith Lutheran High School, and Mary Kincaid, Chairman of the School board, standing in front of the Faith Lutheran High School in North Las Vegas, Nevada. They are "kicking off" ticket sales for a benefit performance for the school. Individual creators credit goes to Ken Bouton.
The ribbon-cutting for ceremony for the Edgerton, Germeshausen, & Grier general technical services building, North Las Vegas, Nevada, August 11, 1981. Pictured L-R: Manny Cortez; Mahlon Gates; Ray Duncan, Department of Energy; Robert Hammon; Jack Storey.
From left to right, John Gleason, the National Director Boys Clubs of America; President Richard M. Nixon; and Mayor of North Las Vegas William L. Taylor in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Children line up outside schoolhouse for funeral procession for Orley Wardle. The children all wear coats and hats, and many are wearing all black. Included with photograph is a Xerox of a letter to Dr. Elizabeth Patrick from Luella and Austin [Wardle?], dated May 19, 1982. Letter says that Austin's brother's name was Orley R. Wardle and he was born in Park City, Utah in 1899. Orley passed away at the age of 8 years old on February 11, 1907 from spinal menengitis. Luella said that many died from the same sickness that winter.
'Office of Chief Engineer, Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 16, 1905.' '2-18-17' hand-printed in lower right corner. Proposed pipeline is printed in red. Scale [1:6,000]. 1 inch to 500 feet. San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company. Office of Chief Engineer
Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson, as photographed in 1967. The location where the photograph was taken is unknown. 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.