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Lucas, Jason
Jason Lucas was one of the first pioneers in fishing, as a sport. He was also fishing editor for the magizine, Sports Afield, for 24 years.
http://bassfishingarchives.com/features/introducing-jason-lucas-sports-afield-march-1945
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Sands Hotel "Forbidden Planet" Helldorado Parade float: photographs
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Archival Collection
Description
Series XX. Helldorado Parades
Mixed Content
Photograph of Googie architecture, Ship's Coffee Shop (Westwood, Calif.), circa 1963
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Martin Stern Jr. is credited as a pioneer of Googie style architecture; his first of that style was Ship's Coffee Shop. Three Ship's Coffee Shops operated in the Los Angeles area from 1956 until the 1990s.
Site Name: Ship's Coffee Shop
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Film transparency of the West end of Fremont Street in the evening (Las Vegas), circa 1953
Date
Archival Collection
Description
West end of Fremont street showing the neon signs for the Pioneer Club, Westerner, Monte Carlo Club, Sal Segav, Overland Hotel, Las Vegas Club, a liquor store, and a drug store.
Site Name: Fremont Street
Address: Fremont street, Las Vegas, NV
Image
Film transparency of the West end of Fremont Street in the evening (Las Vegas), circa 1953
Date
Archival Collection
Description
West end of Fremont street showing the neon signs for the Pioneer Club, Westerner, Monte Carlo Club, Sal Segav, Overland Hotel, Las Vegas Club, a liquor store, and a drug store.
Site Name: Fremont Street
Address: Fremont street, Las Vegas, NV
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Marie and James B. McMillan Photograph Collection
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Abstract
The Marie and James B. McMillan Photograph Collection (1900-1994) contains photographs of Marie and James B. McMillan and their families. The collection also includes photographs of their friends and professional associates, including journalist Hank Greenspun, Nevada civil rights pioneer J. David Hoggard, and entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. Marie McMillan is a former Las Vegas, Nevada flight instructor and one of the first women to work at the Nevada Test Site in Nye County, Nevada. James B. McMillan was the first African-American dentist to practice in Nevada, as well as a prominent Nevada civil rights leader.
Archival Collection
