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Sidney R. Whitmore Photograph Album

Identifier

PH-00219

Abstract

The Sidney R. Whitmore Photograph Album contains photographs dating from approximately 1920 that document the Colorado River and mining in El Dorado Canyon, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Castaways Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1960 (year approximate) to 1979 (year approximate)

Description

From the Castaways Hotel and Casino Photograph Collection (PH-00270). On the back of the photograph, there is a stamp that reads: "Allen Photographers, Inc. Post Office Box 14667 Las Vegas, Nevada 89114."

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One of the guest rooms at the Castaways Hotel and Casino: photographic print

Date

1970 (year approximate) to 1979 (year approximate)

Description

From the Castaways Hotel and Casino Photograph Collection (PH-00270). On the back of the photograph, there is a stamp that reads: "Allen Photographers, Inc. Post Office Box 14667 Las Vegas, Nevada 89114."

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One of the guest rooms at the Castaways Hotel and Casino: photographic print

Date

1970 (year approximate) to 1979 (year approximate)

Description

From the Castaways Hotel and Casino Photograph Collection (PH-00270). On the back of the photograph, there is a stamp that reads: "Allen Photographers, Inc. Post Office Box 14667 Las Vegas, Nevada 89114."

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Larven Mason Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00166

Abstract

The Larven Mason Photograph Collection (approximately 1930 to 1939) consists of photographic negatives with corresponding black-and-white photographic prints, as well as additional black-and-white photographic prints. The images depict the mining equipment, personnel, operations, and housing for the Blue Diamond Corporation mine in Blue Diamond, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Signed photograph of Dorothy Janis: photographic print

Date

1880 to 1979

Description

Dorothy Bell Scans UNLV-Public Lands Institute. Signed professional photograph of film star Dorothy Janis. Written on the image is: "To George - Love Dorothy." Copyright notice on back states Lansing Brown Portrait.

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Roy Baugher Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00455

Abstract

The Roy Baugher Photograph Collection (approximately 1965-1979) contains fifteen photographic prints of entertainment primarily at the Desert Inn, Frontier Hotel, and Stardust Hotel, a copy of Vegas Visitor guide from 1970, and a home movie depicting Caesars Palace, the Las Vegas Strip, Hoover Dam, the Big Horn Trading Post, and Gold Spike Inn on 8mm film and in digital format. The materials in this collection were compiled by Roy Baugher III, an independent scholar and artist from Roanoke, Virginia. Baugher compiled these materials as part of his research on the Tokyo Happy Coats, an all-female band from Japan who performed in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Desert Inn and the Frontier Hotel from 1964 to 1970.

Archival Collection

Stuart A. McCarthy Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00173

Abstract

The Stuart A. McCarthy Photograph Collection (approximately 1940-1949) consists of photographic prints and negatives of the Photo Mart storefront on Fremont Street as well as a view of the Golden Nugget, Eldorado Club, Hotel Apache, Boulder Club, and the Pioneer Club on Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Archival Collection

David Coons Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00029

Abstract

The David Coons Photograph Collection contains photographs and postcards depicting railroads in Nevada, California, and Utah from 1907 to 1956. The photographs depict trains and locomotives from the Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad, Union Pacific Railroad, San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake City Railroad, Bullfrog-Goldfield Railroad, Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad, and Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad. The photographs also portray Arden, Nevada and the Arden Plaster Company Plant, Las Vegas High School after a fire, and early Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Grounds of the Frontier Hotel, image 001 of 002: photographic print

Date

1967 (year uncertain; year approximate) to 1969 (year uncertain; year approximate)

Description

Several individuals enjoy the outdoor grounds of the Frontier Hotel. Stamped on the back of the photograph, "Allen Photographers" and "PROOF."

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