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Maurine and Fred Wilson and William S. Park Audiovisual Collection

Identifier

MS-00927

Abstract

The Maurine and Fred Wilson and Dr. William S. Park Audiovisual Collection (approximately 1900s-1970s) consist of audiovisual material created by the Wilson and Park families. The materials depict the Park homes in Las Vegas, Nevada; Park and Wilson family members; outdoor activities and vacation trips to California, Colorado, and Mexico. The collection also documents early views of the Kiel Ranch in Las Vegas, Nevada, community parades and events, and early views of Las Vegas in the 1920s.

Archival Collection

Clarence Ray Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00326

Abstract

The Clarence Ray Photograph Collection (approximately 1930-1960) consists of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives of Clarence Ray, casino scenes of people playing table games, and images of Ray with black activists in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. Movie actor and good friend of the Bells, taken at Lake Mead: photographic print

Date

1880 to 1979

Description

Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Guinn Big Boy Williams. Movie actor and good friend of Rex Bell (George Francis Beldam) and Clara Bow. Photograph taken at Lake Mead

Image

Letter from J. K. W. Bracken to William A. Clark, January 25, 1905

Date

1905-01-25

Archival Collection

Description

Letter recommends creation of a town at Las Vegas Ranch.

Text

Stationery - forms, office supplies, postage

Date

1907 to 1925

Archival Collection

Description

Series 2. Las Vegas Land and Water Company -- Walter Bracken and the Las Vegas, Nevada Office -- Water Company

Text

United States National Park Service Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00189

Abstract

The United States National Park Service Photograph Collection is comprised of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives from approximately 1925 to 1950. Images include construction and remediation projects in Boulder City, Nevada; including Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, and the surrounding recreation area. Also included are images of the Lost City Museum in Overton, Nevada and Fort Churchill in Lyon County, Nevada; construction of tourist facilities at the Valley of Fire in southern Nevada; and landscapes taken along the Colorado River in Arizona and Utah.

Archival Collection