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Various airplanes, collection 002, image 021
Description
A wide view of what may be a marching team.
Various airplanes, collection 002, image 022
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Another view of an air show taking place.
Various airplanes, collection 001, image 001
Description
Photograph of an air pilot and his plane.
Various airplanes, collection 001, image 001
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Photograph of a plane doing a flip, presumably at an air show.
Various airplanes, collection 001, image 001
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Photograph of two unidentified men, one of which may be an air pilot.
Various airplanes, collection 002, image 001
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Photograph of an airplane sitting on a tarmac.
Photograph of women in Special Collections, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, December 1975
Date
1975-12
Archival Collection
Description
Ruth Ferron, a Las Vegas pioneer, and her daughter Shirley Swanson are donating the Ferron-Bracken photo collection to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Special Collections. Ms. Kepper, Special Collections curator, looks on. Typed description provided with image: "Ferron-Bracken Photograph Collection - December 1975, L-R: Ruth Ferron; Anna Dean Kepper; Shirley Ferron Swanson. William and Ruth Ferron came to Las Vegas in 1916-1917 where William Ferron bought several drugstores. Already estabished as a prominent pharmacist and businessman, Ferron in 1920 was elected Las Vegas' third mayor. In 1975 his widow, Ruth, donated the Ferron-Bracken photographs. Containing several hundred photos dating from as early as 1903, these are among the oldest pictures of Las Vegas in existence."
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