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Florence Lee Jones Cahlan Photographs
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Abstract
The Florence Lee Jones Cahlan Photographs depict locations and events in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1909 to 1980. The photographs primarily depict historical locations, including the Las Vegas Mormon Fort, the Kiel Ranch, and plaques commemorating Las Vegas’s 75th anniversary. The photographs also depict celebrations, including the Diamond Jubilee festivities held to celebrate Las Vegas’s 75th anniversary, plaque dedications, building dedications, and the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the first mail planes in Las Vegas. The photographs include the Kennecott Copper Corporation’s facilities in McGill, Nevada, Western Airlines planes and pilots, and Union Pacific Railroad locomotives.
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Kerkorian, Kirk, 1917-2015
Kirk Kerkorian was born in 1917. He was highly influential in the building of Las Vegas, Nevada, especially the Las Vegas Strip area. He helped build Bally's, The International, and the MGM Grand. Kerkorian died on June 15, 2015.
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Ciliax, Carl, 1941-
Carl Ciliax was born November 7th, 1941 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He has worked as a printer, horse wrangler, truck driver, desert nurser, and a foreman for the Kelly Pipe. He is an avid hunter and has an interest in conservationism.
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Gould, Martha B.
Martha Gould grew up in a small mill town on the Sugar River and attended the University of Michigan. A librarian at Dartmouth College gave her a job and then insisted that she return to school for a master’s degree. She earned her master’s in Library Science from Simmons College.
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Holder, Thomas
Thomas Holder was born in San Diego, California. He attended the University of Washington. After graduating from the University of Washington, he spent a year in Europe painting. Upon returing to the United States in 1971, he started working at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. As of August 08, 2008 he is the art department chair.
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Hart, Wendy
Wendy (Stark) Hart was born on November 18, 1960 in Houston, Texas to Harriet Maer Stark and Nathan Irving Stark. Both of Wendy's parents worked in the retail industry. Wendy Stark worked as a restaurant manager. Wendy married Steven Hart on October 01, 1985. They had one son David Louis Hart.
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Steele, Richard, 1944-
Richard Steele was born on January 26, 1944 in Kansas City, Missouri to Gertrude Grissom, an elevator operator. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1982. He married Gladys Marie Steele in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is a retired boxing referee and was in the United States Marine Corps.
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Wells, William R.
William R. Wells was born on November 28, 1936 in Georgia to Cora and Lonnie Wells. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1986 to become the Director of the College of Engineering of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. In 1988, he became the Dean of the College of Engineering and he kept that position until 2001 when he returned to being a professor.
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Tonemah, Chris
Chris Tonemah came to Las Vegas, Nevada with her husband. After her marriage dissolved she went to dealer school and got a job as a dice shill and a dealer at the Four Queens before women were really accepted in those jobs. Chris also worked at MGM Grand, Caesars Palace, the Venetian, and the Palazzo.
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Rawson, Raymond D.
Raymond Rawson was born in the rural Utah community of Sandy in 1940. His family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1950. He was a member of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas' first graduating class. He went on to became a dentist and also served in the Nevada State Legislature and on the UNLV Board of Regents.
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