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Darrell Bradford Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00140

Abstract

The Darrell Bradford Photograph Collection consists of black-and-white photographic prints, corresponding negatives, and one corresponding slide of aerials of Las Vegas, Nevada and surrounding areas between approximately 1940 and 1970. Many of the photographs depict downtown Las Vegas, as well as McCarran International Airport and renderings for its expansion.

Archival Collection

Bertha Gresh Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00055

Abstract

The Bertha Gresh Photograph Collection dates between approximately 1902 and 1974. Materials include photographic prints and a corresponding photographic negative. Images depict Gresh as a young woman in Cedarburg, Wisconsin; with her husband Cyrus Gresh in Los Angeles, California; and at her home in Nelson, Nevada. Also included are images of the Rand Mine and the Wall Street Mine near Gresh's home in Nelson.

Archival Collection

Photograph of a courtroom scene: photographic print

Date

1880 to 1979

Description

Dorothy Bell Scans UNLV-Public Lands Institute. Photograph of a courtroom scene, location unknown, people are unidentified. Copyright notice on the back of image: "Nevada State Highway Dept. Photograph."

Image

Suite in the Frontier Hotel: photographic print

Date

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

Description

A suite in the Frontier Hotel. Stamped on the back of the photograph, "Allen Photographers" and "PROOF."

Image

Milt Palmer Photographs

Identifier

PH-00430

Abstract

The Milt Palmer Photographs (approximately 1950-1991) contain original and reproductions of photographic prints taken by Milt Palmer, a photographer who worked for the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, and later under the division known as the Las Vegas News Bureau. Palmer captured celebrities and entertainers performing their Las Vegas shows, athletes in various sporting events, and various political figures. The majority of photographs in the collection are from approximately the 1950s to 1960s and some are signed by entertainers. The collection also includes digital reproductions of approximately half of the images found in the collection.

Archival Collection

Frontier Hotel suite: photographic print

Date

1940 (year approximate) to 1981 (year approximate)

Description

Two individuals converse in a suite in the Frontier Hotel. Stamped on the back of the photograph, "Allen Photographers."

Image

Vassili Sulich Photographs

Identifier

PH-00353

Abstract

The Vassili Sulich Photographs depict dancer and choreographer Vassili Sulich from 1950 to 2011. The photographs primarily depict Sulich dancing in ballets in France, Croatia, Germany, England, and the United States. The photographs also depict ballets choreographed or directed by Sulich at the Nevada Dance Theatre, which he founded in 1972 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Storefront view of Sears: photographic print

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

From the Historic Building Survey Photograph Collection (PH-00345). Stamped on the back of the photograph, "Allen Photographers, Inc. Post Office Box 14667 Las Vegas, Nevada 89114".

Image

Albert C. Phillips Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00159

Abstract

The Albert C. Phillips Photograph Collection is comprised of sixteen black-and-white photographic reprints and four photographic negatives depicting buildings in Caliente, Nevada which were originally taken between 1900 to 1967 and reproduced in approximately 1999 to 2005.

Archival Collection

Bruce Carlson Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00091

Abstract

The Bruce Carlson Photograph Collection (approximately 2000-2009) consists of digital reproductions of Francis and Neeley family photographs taken during the early 1900s throughout Southern Nevada. Notable locations include Pioche, Eagle Valley, and Spring Valley, Nevada. This collection consists entirely of digital surrogates.

Archival Collection