People standing around and swimming in the pool at the Union Plaza Hotel. A label at the bottom of the photo: "The Union Plaza Hotel now stands on the site of the former UP [Union Pacific Railroad] depot. This view is looking east from the second floor pool area of the hotel." Site Name: Union Plaza Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.); Fremont Street (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: Fremont Street
Horse drawn stage leaving Tonopah for Manhattan, circa 1905. There was an inscription on the image. "The coaches were the primary mode of passenger transportation between central Nevada's early mining camps. They were eventually replaced by railroads which built into Rhyolite, Goldfield, Tonopah, and Blair, but served the area's smaller satellite camps until the mid-1910's when the automobile took their place. The photo was reproduced from an original 1905 colored postcard."
The Clark County High School girls' basketball team poses with a ball. Later the school was renamed Las Vegas High School. Louella Franses Wengert (Ham) is the first girl to the left holding the ball. Site Name: Las Vegas High School (Las Vegas, Nev.)
The marquee are billboard are advertising "Tales of Terror." The marquee reads: "V Price, P Lorre, B Rathbone Edgar Allan Poe's 'Tales of Terror' color; Now Guild Theatre S Loren C Heston 'El Cid.'" Kasper's Snacks is also seen in image. Site Name: Fremont Theatre (Las Vegas, Nev.)
The unveiling of the first depot location historical marker in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee (75th anniversary) of the City of Las Vegas. From left to right: Ed Kennefick, UPRR president; Frank Scott, owner Union Plaza Hotel; Howard Cannon (in derby), U.S. Senator from Nevada; Mayor Bill Briare.
Lucille Barth, Blanche Zucker and Florence Ortiz at a University Library Society event in the Special Collections Reading Room in the James Dickinson Library, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Site Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
L-R: two unidentified men with Duane Pierce and Elmer Curley at a University Library Society event, in the Special Collections Reading Room, James Dickinson Library, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Pierce was Chairman of the UNLV Department of Radiologic Technology; Curley served in the Public Services department of UNLV Libraries from 1967-1994. Site Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Joanne Goodwin (University of Nevada, Las Vegas history professor) speaks at a University Library Society event, in the Special Collections Reading Room, James Dickinson Library, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Nevada Senator Jean Ford stands by (at right, holding folder). Others unidentified. Site Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Associate University Librarian Myoung-ja Lee Kwon speaks t a University Library Society event, in the Special Collections Reading Room, James Dickinson Library, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Site Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
An unidentified woman with Nevada politician Jean Ford (at right) before leaving with the Nevada Federation of Women's Clubs to tour the state of Nevada to testify on child abuse prevention legislation. They are standing by a car in a parking lot in front of an apartment building; part of the Las Vegas Hilton hotel can be seen in the background.