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Black-and-white photograph of Lester Stocker, circa 1893-1894
Lester Stocker's portrait as a small child (1-2 years old). The photograph was taken by Strunk Photography 730 Penn St., Reading Pennsylvania and is encased in an embossed cardstock portrait folio.
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Letter from W. H. Hulsizer (Omaha) to G. F. Ashby (Omaha), May 7, 1942
Hulsizer enumerated the many financial and political reasons that the water producing lands controlled by the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company should be sold to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company.
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Transcript of interview with Dean Whitaker by Claytee White, April 5, 2010
William Dean Whitaker was born in 1925 and raised in a suburb of Los Angeles, California. Dean, as he is known, talks briefly about his parents and his brothers, for his youth quickly ended when he joined the Air Force and became an aviation cadet once he had turned 18 years old. The year was 1943 and World War II was raging. He became a member of the 398 th Bomb Group and flew twenty missions before being captured by the Germans. In this oral history, Dean talks with vivid recollection of the day he was captured and details of being a POW in Germany. Among his anecdotes are those of his mother's unwavering belief that he would return home, the humanity of a German soldier, and of meeting Gen. George Patton. Included are photos and excerpts from his personal history of his life during the war. Dean and his wife Lucille moved to Las Vegas in 1990.
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UNLV Alumni Journal, Volume 11, Number 5
Volume 11, number 5 edition of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas "The Alumni Journal."
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