Typed description provided on the back of the image: "Southern Nevada Historical Society members. April, 1973. Left to right: James Ashbaugh, Celesta Lowe, Gwendolyn Wooley, Dr. Ralph Roske."
The first University of Nevada, Las Vegas (formerly Nevada Southern University) commencement ceremony. Pictured left to right: Mrs. Mariah Cahlan (class of 1895), John Cahlan her son, and Jon E. Cobain the first graduate of Nevada Southern.