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Photograph of a blimp advertising The Outlaw starring Jane Russell, 1943

Date

1943

Description

Blimp used to promote the motion picture "The Outlaw," produced by Howard Hughes' RKO Productions, January 1950. Advertising reads, "The Outlaw. Kept off the screen for 3 years, it's coming at last! Jane Russell."

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Photograph of Lottie Wengert with school class, Wells, (Nev.), 1918

Date

1918

Archival Collection

Description

Lottie Wengert poses with her school class in Wells, Nevada. Lottie is standing in the back row, third from the right. She is estimated to be about seventeen years old in this photograph. This photograph was taken in 1918.

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Photograph of a Masonic caravan arriving at the dam site along the Colorado River, April 23, 1932

Date

1932-04-23

Description

A fleet of caravans at a Hoover Dam construction site. A label at the bottom of the photo "April, 23, 1932. A Masonic caravan of cars arrive at the dam site along the river two years after the start of construction."

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Photograph of Helldorado Hillbillys wagon in the Helldorado parade, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1934-1950

Date

1934 to 1950

Description

A man playing a fiddle and another playing a piano ride in a horse drawn wagon with others during the Helldorado Days festival parade. The sign reads: "Helldorado Hillbillys Dance, 6th year...[illegible]"

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Shirley Edmond Papers

Identifier

MS-00323

Abstract

The Shirley Edmond Papers (approximately 1950-2019) contain newspaper clippings, magazines, and church bulletins related to Edmond's civic participation over the years. The collection also contains photographs and ephemera related to the Johnson family and their business on Jackson Street on the Westside, Johnson's Malt Shop. Shirley Edmond grew up on the Westside, and was the first African American woman in Southern Nevada promoted by the United States Post Office to be a supervisor. She also worked at Matt Kelly Elementary School.

Archival Collection

Otha Bolden oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00217

Abstract

Oral history interview with Otha Bolden conducted by an unknown interviewer on July 05, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Bolden discusses social and environmental changes that have taken place in Nevada over the span of twenty years. Her husband, Mr. Bolden also weighs in on the discussion, adding his personal accountant of the storm of 1964, and his views on integration and employment in Nevada.

Archival Collection

Dan Larkin oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01064

Abstract

Oral history interview with Dan Larkin conducted by Wallace Brown in 1974 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Larkin retells his memories of President Johnson visiting Las Vegas, Nevada, as well as different recreational activities that he participated in during the 1950s. The interview concludes with Larkin explaining how Las Vegas, Nevada has remained a tourism-centric town through the years.

Archival Collection