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Artistic rendition of gambling at Club Bingo located in Las Vegas, Nevada: postcard

Date

1949

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Picture shows framed illustration of youngsters playing craps on the sidewalk with the caption: "Playing Craps As You Like It - at Club Bingo, Las Vegas, NV."

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Aerial view of the Opaco Lumber Company located in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print and correspondence

Date

1957 (year approximate) to 1959 (year approximate)

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Las Vegas-Charleston and Commerce area.

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Henry Hudson Lee Papers

Identifier

MS-00139

Abstract

Henry Hudson Lee Papers (1903-1965) are comprised of manuscript copies of Henry Hudson Lee's memoirs titled "My Memoirs" and his biography of his father titled "A Brief Sketch of the Life and Family of Milton LaFayette Lee."

Archival Collection

Transcript of interview with Emma Ellsworth by Clark Ellsworth, March 5, 1980

Date

1980-03-05

Description

On March 5, 1980, Clark Ellsworth interviewed his grandmother, Emma Ellsworth (born 1902 in Payson, Utah) about her experiences in Southern Nevada. Ellsworth first talks about growing up in Utah and getting married before moving to Pioche, Nevada during the Great Depression. She also talks about bringing up a family in Las Vegas as well as her and her husband’s work in running Beneficial Life, a life insurance business, in Las Vegas. Ellsworth also talks about the Mormon churches in Las Vegas, the schools her children attended, and the number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren she had at the time.

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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother January 3, 1907

Date

1907-01-03

Archival Collection

Description

Rinker writes about a hometown wedding, his salary and living conditions, a railroad strike, and gambling and drinking.

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