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Slide of the Helldorado Parade, Las Vegas, 1951

Date

1951

Description

A picture of the Boulder Club May Day float at the Helldorado Parade in Las Vegas.

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Slide of the Helldorado Parade, Las Vegas, 1951

Date

1951

Description

A picture of the Golden Nugget Golden Harvest float at the Helldorado Parade in Las Vegas.

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Photograph of production on the motion picture "Meet Me in Las Vegas," Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1955-1956

Date

1955 to 1956

Description

A group of unidentified men, standing by the Sands Hotel swimming pool, discuss paperwork during the filming of of the motion picture "Meet Me in Las Vegas." A hotel employee waits for them at the wheel of a Sands Hotel Marketeer golf cart.

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Photograph of Eva Adams, Las Vegas, 1977

Date

1977

Description

A portrait of Eva Adams as part of the Las Vegas Sun series on librarians. She was the director of the U.S. Mint under President Kennedy. Her first job was as a teacher at Las Vegas High School, 1930, where she was the librarian.

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The Osmonds, Las Vegas, 1980

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

North Las Vegas Library Photograph Collection on North Las Vegas, Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00277
Collection Name: North Las Vegas Library Photograph Collection on North Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 28

Archival Component

Letter from Las Vegas Land & Water Company to Walter R. Bracken, November 14, 1908

Date

1908-11-14

Archival Collection

Description

Caption: Assignment of lease, Las Vegas ranch

Text

Las Vegas, Nevada Women's Softball Collection

Identifier

MS-01120

Abstract

The Las Vegas, Nevada Women's Softball Collection (1951-1952) contains photographic prints and negatives depicting a southern Nevada women's softball team. The team was sponsored by Wilson's Texaco Station in Boulder City, Nevada, and the women played in regional games in both southern California and southern Nevada. Photographs in the collection show the team practicing at Peterson Field in Boulder City, and celebrating and spending time together at the Mt. Charleston Lodge. The collection also contains copies of personal accounts written by team member Orpha Alveta Bowman (McBride), who recalls the prejudice some of the lesbian members faced from local community members. The originals of these handwritten accounts are held in MS-01099.

Archival Collection

Eagle Nightclub in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints

Date

1995

Description

From the Las Vegas Bugle Photograph Collection on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual, and Transgender History (PH-00336). Eagle (nightclub) - 3430 E. Tropicana, LV. (1995). Includes Mark Baysa, John Smith (bartender). Images of customers.

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Slide of Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, 1986

Date

1986

Description

The night view of the colorful Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. Located at 3570 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Caesars Palace is a luxury hotel and casino constructed by cabana motel owner Jay Sarno and was opened in 1966.

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Sean Clark Collection of Las Vegas Entertainment Ephemera

Identifier

MS-01104

Abstract

The Sean Clark Collection of Las Vegas Entertainment Ephemera (approximately 1940-2004) contains a variety of material relating to different eras of Las Vegas, Nevada entertainment. Included in the collection are newspapers about the 2004 re-release of Howard Hughes' "Two Arabian Nights" film, and draft articles about 1960s entertainment leaders Jack Entratter and George Sidney. Also included in the collection are original photographs of Corinne Sidney with Jack Entratter and others in the 1960s, and Sidney's father's political advertisements that show her as a young girl. A newspaper clipping about Edthye and Lloyd Katz, a 1979 ShoWest award to the couple, and a Huntridge Theater poster document the couple's work in the entertainment industry in the 1960s and 1970s.

Archival Collection