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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

Signed photograph of Montie Montana on a horse: photographic print

Date

1955

Description

Dorothy Bell Scans UNLV-Public Lands Institute. Promotional photograph of film star Montie Montana on a horse signed to Rex Bell. Written on the image: "To Rex Bell Best Wishes Montie Montana & Rex '55."
 

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Brian Jones Collection of Henderson, Nevada Aerial Photographs

Identifier

PH-00413

Abstract

The Brian Jones Collection of Henderson, Nevada Aerial Photographs contain 107 4"x6" photographic prints of Henderson, Nevada and the surrounding area from approximately 1997 to 2002 taken by longtime Las Vegas, Nevada photographer Brian Jones. Images depict the construction of residential areas, roads, and commercial buildings. Other images include the Green Valley community, Galleria at Sunset Mall, St. Rose Dominican Hospital, Titanium Metals Corporation (TIMET), and Henderson City Hall. Lastly, there are images of parking lots, industrial areas, and airport runways in Henderson and Las Vegas, Nevada.

Archival Collection

A nighttime photograph of the Loew's State Vaudeville marquee: photographic print

Date

1890 (year approximate) to 1980 (year approximate)

Archival Collection

Description

A nighttime photograph of the Loew's State Vaudeville marquee. Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy are featured on the marquee. Please credit: Arsene Studio, N.Y.C., N.Y. stamp on back of photograph.

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Arlene Mathews Smith Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00129

Abstract

The Arlene Mathews Smith Photograph Collection (1910-1945) is comprised of photographs of people and places in and around Panaca, Nevada. The collection contains a photograph album featuring Smith, her family and friends, and various residents and events around the area. Included as part of the collection are photographs from the Last Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Index to aerial photographs of Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1952 to 1954

Description

From the Army Mapping Service Aerial Photographs of Southern and Western Nevada (PH-00285). Aerial photographs, composites, and indices. Geological Survey, Army Map Service. Western US. Project No. 109. Area G.

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Index to aerial photographs of Death Valley, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1952

Description

From the Army Mapping Service Aerial Photographs of Southern and Western Nevada (PH-00285). Aerial photographs, composites, and indices. Geological Survey, Army Map Service. Western AMS. Project No. 109. Area G.

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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

Cork Proctor Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00349

Abstract

The Cork Proctor Photograph Collection (1960s-1980s) primarily contains black-and-white photographic reproductions of early Las Vegas, Nevada; the Cal-Neva Lodge at Lake Tahoe, Nevada; and various celebrities. The collection also includes black-and-white photographic prints of the Helldorado Parade. Cork Proctor was a comedian who performed throughout Nevada and the United States.

Archival Collection

Byrd Wall Sawyer Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00256

Abstract

The Byrd Wall Sawyer Photograph Collection contains color photographic slides depicting Byrd Wall Sawyer’s home, the Carson House, in Carson City, Nevada; towns and cities; and landscapes throughout Nevada between approximately 1950 to 1970. Nevada towns and cities primarily depicted include Belmont, Manhattan, Reno, and Dixie. Nevada landscapes include Carson River, Carson Mountains, Olinghouse Canyon, Washoe Lake, King’s Canyon, Lake Winnemucca, Washoe Valley, and Lake Tahoe.

Archival Collection