Photographs from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s) (PH-00388-05). Client: Raegen Pietrucha/Innovation. All images created by Catherine Angel, Professor of Art. Copy Art.
Morton R. Galane (March 15, 1926-August 21, 2001) was a prominent Las Vegas Attorney, nominee to the federal bench, and owner of his own law firm. Galane was born in Bronx, New York on March 14, 1926 and moved to Las Vegas in 1952 after he graduated from George Washington University. Upon arriving in Las Vegas Galane worked for the firm Hawkins and Connon before establishing his own practice in 1955. Galane's career as a lawyer in Las Vegas saw
Virginia Joyce Mooney was a dancer who performed in the Sands Hotel and Casino and the Tropicana Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. She changed her name to Virginia James when she began performing at the Sands.