Commercial zones start at the intersection of South Durango Drive and West Sahara Avenue and are buffered by the Admiral's Point apartment complex. Built in the 1980s, The Lakes is one of the last development's with a manmade lake as its feature and features generous use of grass landscaping. August 29, 2017 UNLV Libraries Special Collections / Aaron Mayes N36 °08.543' x W115 °16.758')
Costume Details: Topless showgirl in spotted-pony print tights, with jeweled red belt, long black feather "tail," red harness crossed over chest, red side-blinders, white boots trimmed with red jewels, matching black and white headdress with black feather "mane." Show Name: Pony Express Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino
C. D. Baker, basketball coach and teacher for Clark County High School, poses with a basketball. Stamped on the back,"The photo shop Las Vegas, Nev March 10, 1952. The home of dated prints". March 10, 1952 is most likely the date that the photograph was printed. Site Name: Las Vegas High School (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 6500 East Sahara Avenuenue
Standing from left to right is Mortimer Snerd, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, C.D. Baker. Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd are the names of the dolls in the photograph. Stamped of the back of the photograph is, "Desert Sea News Bureau. Photo by Don English - Dave Lees - Joe Buck". Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 2535 South Las Vegas Boulevard
Bio taken from Wiki: "Prince William of Gloucester (William Henry Andrew Frederick; 18 December 1941 – 28 August 1972) was a grandson of King George V of the United Kingdom and paternal cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. At the time of his birth he was the fourth in line to the throne and the first Prince of the United Kingdom by birth since 1915. Cambridge and Stanford graduate, he joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, serving in Lagos and Tokyo, before returning to take over royal duties.
Jeanne Maxwell Williams was born August 25, 1924 in Scarsdale, New York. Williams married Ed Wilson, son of Charles Wilson, President of General Motors, and left for Las Vegas, Nevada in 1965. Williams worked at The Summa Corporation as a Women’s Events Coordinator. She kept the wives of golfers busy with luncheons featuring speakers like Ann Landers, and David Frost. But soon Williams married Jack Kent Cooke, one-time owner of the Los Angeles Lakers. She moved with him to Virginia where her art career dwindled.
Lucille Bruner founded the Las Vegas Art League in 1950 after she moved to the city from Santa Fe, New Mexico. When the City of Las Vegas bought the Twin Lakes Lodge in what is now Lorenzi Park in Las Vegas, Nevada the Las Vegas Art League requested and obtained three buildings in which to teach and display art. The Art League became the Las Vegas Art Museum (LVAM) n 1974.
The Las Vegas Art Museum relocated to the Sahara West Library and Fine Art Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1997. They remained in operation until 2009.