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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen leaving Floyd Bennett Airfield.
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Photographic slide of "Litchfield, Calif. Indians" in a parade in Carson City, Nevada, October 31, 1963
Date
1963-10-31
Archival Collection
Description
A view of a Nevada Day centennial parade procession featuring Native Americans on a decorated car with a sign that reads: "Litchfield, Calif. Indians."
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Photographic slide of a parade float in Carson City, Nevada, October 31, 1963
Date
1963-10-31
Archival Collection
Description
A view of a Nevada Day centennial parade procession featuring a float with signs that read: "Stewart Indian School," "Miss Fannie Litson, Queen," and "Indian land under discussion for statehood 1863."
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Photograph of Shirley MacLaine and Dean Martin in Las Vegas (Nev.), 1960
Date
1960
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of Shirley MacLaine and Dean Martin standing in the back of an open convertible on Fremont Street at the "Ocean's 11" premiere. Site Name: Fremont Theatre (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: Fremont Street
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Film transparency of workers for the Boulder Canyon Project, Boulder City, Nevada, August, 1931
Date
1931
Archival Collection
Description
Workers for the Boulder Canyon Project gathered at a Six Companies dormitory in Boulder City, Nevada during the August 1931 labor strike.
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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, September 6, 1908
Date
1908-09-06
Archival Collection
Description
Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, September 6, 1908
Text
Audio recording clip of interview with Paul Pradia by Claytee D. White, July 13, 2010
Date
2010-07-23
Archival Collection
Description
Part of an interview with Paul Pradia conducted by Claytee D. White on July 13, 2010. Pradia describes how golfing helped him advance his career and his support of women golfers.
Sound
Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George
Date
1929-04
Archival Collection
Description
This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)
Text
Slide of the Westerner Gambling House, downtown Las Vegas, circa late 1940s - 1950s
Date
1945 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
The colored, night view of the exterior of the Westerner Gambling House located in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. The mural attached to the front of the building depicts a western scene consisting of cowboys, Indians, and cattle. Neon signs advertising the establishment can be seen also attached to the front of the establishment, and they read: "the Westerner Gambling House; Slot Machines; Westerner Saloon; the Westerner." People and cars crowd the street below.
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Film transparency of the Hotel Sahara float entry in the Helldorado Parade on Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, May, 1958
Date
1958-05
Archival Collection
Description
The Hotel Sahara float entry in the Helldorado Parade, May 1958. The float is titled "Hotel Sahara Toasts Wondrous Women." Smaller sections of the float are names "Birth of Venus" featuring a woman seated in a large clam shell that is being pulled by a large seahorse. The main portion of the float features three women seated beneath a large champagne glass, and a fourth woman seated on a large throne made of flowers. A side section of the float is titled "Joan of Arc," but the woman is obscured behind the horse sculpture she is riding. They are in front of the Boulder Club, located at 118 Fremont Street. The Boulder Club was in operation from 1931-1960. A sign on the Boulder Club reads ""Farmer" Page - Enjoy the Old West - Jackpots, Craps, Bar, Keno, Roulette, Twenty-One." They have just passed Joe W. Brown's Horseshoe Club (in operation from 1935-1958), located 128 Fremont Street at the corner of Fremont Street and 2nd Street. The Hotel Apache and the Fremont Casino are visible in the background.
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