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Dorothy Casner Evans Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00147

Abstract

The Dorothy Casner Evans Photograph Collection (approximately 1930-1979) consists of black-and-white and color photographic prints, negatives, and slides. The images primarily depict Dorothy Evans, Dave Roberts, and Ellen Roberts in Tonopah, Nevada. Also included are images of people transporting their homes using flat-bed trucks to different locations in Tonopah.

Archival Collection

Nita Londo Rieger Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00315

Abstract

The Nita Londo Rieger Photograph Collection (1920-1960s) contains black-and-white photographic prints and transparencies of Gold Star Mothers events, a Helldorado parade, and buildings around the Krupp Ranch (now known as Spring Mountain Ranch State Park). The Gold Star Mothers events are in both Las Vegas, Nevada and Southern California.

Archival Collection

Southern Nevada Educators Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00185

Abstract

The Southern Nevada Educators Photograph Collection consists of reproduction black-and-white photographic prints and negatives that Donna Andress compiled. The majority of the images are portraits of educators in Southern Nevada, primarily educators who have schools in Clark County, Nevada named after them. Other portraits depict prominent Las Vegas citizens, including Leva and William Beckley.

Archival Collection

Eileen Margaret Green Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00229

Abstract

The Eileen Margaret Green Photograph Collection (approximately 1987) consists of photographs and a negative of rock art sites in Southern Nevada taken by Eileen Margaret Green, a former anthropology student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Eileen used the photographs in her 1987 master’s thesis, “A Cultural Ecological Approach to the Rock Art of Southern Nevada.”

Archival Collection

Elmo and Charlotte Ellsworth Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00074

Abstract

The Elmo and Charlotte Ellsworth Photograph Collection (approximately 1940-1959) is comprised of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives. The images depict Charlotte and Elmo Ellsworth. Also included is an image of Elmo Ellsworth on horseback at the Las Vegas, Nevada airport for the arrival of the first United Airlines flight and an image of people at the Last Frontier Village in Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection

Identifier

PH-00367

Abstract

The Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (approximately 1940-1990) contains postcards primarily from Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada hotel and casinos. The remaining postcards depict casinos in other Nevada locations, other U.S. states, France, The Bahamas, and Puerto Rico. There are also a small number of non-casino postcards from areas around southern Nevada.

Archival Collection

Las Vegas Women in Construction Collection

Identifier

MS-00500

Abstract

The Las Vegas Women in Construction Collection (1962-1963) consists of a scrapbook compiled by Joyce McMinn Beckett, president of the Las Vegas, Nevada Chapter of The National Association of Women in Construction. The scrapbook contains meeting programs, sign-in sheets, clippings, newsletters, and several photographs from the 1962 Las Vegas, Nevada meeting of Women in Construction (WIC) at the Dunes Hotel.

Archival Collection

Smith & Chandler Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00330

Abstract

The Smith & Chandler Photograph Collection (approximately 1934-1978) consists of black-and-white and color photographic prints. The images primarily depict the interior and exterior of the Smith & Chandler Indian Traders stores in both West Yellowstone, Montana and Las Vegas, Nevada. Also included are images of the store’s floats included in the Helldorado parade in Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

David A. Davis Collection of Aerial Photographs

Identifier

PH-00423

Abstract

The David A. Davis Collection of Aerial Photographs (approximately 1990-1999) contains seven black-and-white photographic prints and one black-and-white photographic negative of aerial views of Las Vegas, Nevada. These photographs are reproductions of originals obtained by David A. Davis from the Nevada Department of Transportation, the United States Geological Survey, and Landiscor Real Estate Mapping.

Archival Collection

Hazel Baker Denton Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00312

Abstract

The Hazel Baker Denton Photograph Collection (1910-1961) is comprised of photographic prints and one negative of the Denton family and friends, primarily taken in Nevada and Utah. Many photographs depict life in small Nevada towns, particularly Caliente. Photographs also depict Utah, Oregon, Washington D.C., and California, and unidentified desert and forest landscapes throughout the American West.

Archival Collection