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Film negative of Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 21, 1961
Date
1961-12-21
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 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.
Image
Sandy Valley School, 1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00214
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Collection Name: Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Archival Component
Correspondence, approximately 1938 to 1944
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Franklin M. Murphy Geological Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00202
Collection Name: Franklin M. Murphy Geological Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
Collection Name: Franklin M. Murphy Geological Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
1938 Ford in the Amargosa River bed near Beatty, Nevada, 1938 March 03
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Charles Thomas-Perry Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00150
Collection Name: Charles Thomas-Perry Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Collection Name: Charles Thomas-Perry Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02
Archival Component
Washout at end of bridge, 1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00043
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Archival Component
Bridge 468.06, 1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00043
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Archival Component
King passing track, 1938
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File
Archival Collection
Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00043
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Archival Component
Moapa station in the distance, 1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00043
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Archival Component
Hoyo Gravel Pit, 1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00043
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Archival Component
West of Tunnel No. 14, 1938
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00043
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Archival Component