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Brewer, Gay
Taken from Wikipedia, "Gay Robert Brewer, Jr. (March 19, 1932 – August 31, 2007) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and won the 1967 Masters Tournament."
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Interior view of Old Arizona Club: photographic print
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1910 (year approximate) to 1945 (year approximate)
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From the Elizabeth Harrington Photograph Collection (PH-00291). Inscription with image reads: "Old Arizona Club. Tall man believed to be Sheriff Sam Gay. With hat and gray moustache."- E(lizabeth) Harrington. "NEVADAN" stamp on verso
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Gay, Sam, 1860-1932
Sam Gay was the Sheriff of Clark County, Nevada between 1911 and 1931. He was born March 1, 1860 in Prince County, Canada and grew up in Massachusetts. Gay moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1905 to work as a bouncer in the Arizona Club. He was chosen by the first Sheriff of Clark County, Charles C. Corkhill, to be his deputy in 1909, and he later became Sheriff himself. He died August 24, 1932 in Las Vegas.
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