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Sands Hotel Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00287

Abstract

The Sands Hotel Photograph Collection depicts entertainers, celebrities, events, amenities, and staff at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada from approximately 1952 to 1980. The photographs primarily depict entertainers like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and the Copa Girls performing in the Copa Room, the showroom of the Sands Hotel. The photographs also depict patrons gambling, events held in the Sands Hotel's ballrooms, banquets, the pool, rooms in the hotel, as well as Jack Entratter, the hotel'’s director of entertainment.

Archival Collection

Alice Kinnear Photograph

Identifier

PH-00057

Abstract

The Alice Kinnear Photograph consists of one photographic print of the students and instructors at Las Vegas High School in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1916. An included document identifies the individuals in the photograph.

Archival Collection

Howard Cannon chats with Archie Grant: photographic print

Date

1950 (year approximate) to 1983 (year approximate)

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Stamped on verso: "Edward J. Allen Associates, INC. Nevadas Largest Photographic Organization P.O. Box 4253 - Las Vegas Nevada 89106"

Image

Tonopah-Goldfield Mining Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00023

Abstract

The Tonopah-Goldfield Mining Photograph Collection depicts mining activities in the mining towns of Tonopah and Goldfield in Esmeralda County, Nevada from approximately 1901 to 1920. The photographs primarily depict mines, miners, mills, construction, ore, and workers transporting ore. The photographs also depict events and people in Tonopah and Goldfield, including parades, celebrations, banquets, children, Native Americans, and prominent buildings.

Archival Collection

Ella Earl Carruth Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00027

Abstract

The Ella Earl Carruth Photograph Collection contains photographs depicting Mormon settlers in Nevada from 1906 to 1934. The materials include photographs of the Mormon Fort in present-day Las Vegas, Nevada, the town of Bunkerville, Nevada, and Mormon pioneers Edward Bunker, Joseph Ira Earl, and Zilpha Earl.

Archival Collection

Aerial photograph of Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1955

Description

From the Mary and Arthur Ackerman Photograph Collection (PH-00306). The El Rancho is pictured at the bottom left; across the street is the Thunderbird Hotel and Casino, and the Riviera is to the right. The Joe E. Brown Race Track is pictured at the top of the photo.

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Blue Diamond Mine Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00338

Abstract

The Blue Diamond Mine Photograph Collection depicts operations at the Blue Diamond Mine from approximately 1950 to 1971. The photographs include images of heavy machinery, mining structures, and workers. The photographs also contain aerial views of Blue Diamond Mine and the surrounding landscape.

Archival Collection

Diving grandmother at the Sands Hotel: photographs

Date

1962 to 1966

Description

Series I. General

Sands Hotel and Casino

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Sands Hotel Turkey Trot photographs

Date

1954 to 1963

Description

Series I. General

Sands Hotel and Casino

Text

H. E. Hazard Real Estate Maps and Photographs

Identifier

MS-00876

Abstract

H. E. Hazard Real Estate Maps and Photographs date from 1960 to 1980 and contain maps and aerial photographs, primarily of Las Vegas and Clark County, Nevada. Compiled by former Nevada legislator and realtor Harry Edward "Hap" Hazard (1894-1971), the collection includes more than sixty plat, topographic, engineering, sales, utility, zoning, and real estate maps, as well as twenty-two black-and-white aerial photographs.

Archival Collection