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Aerial view of Las Vegas in 1930
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten collection note on back of photo: Aerial view of Las Vegas showing Fifth St. and Main St., c. 1933; Notes on photo sleeve: Aerial view of Las Vegas 'taken in a clip wing Jenny. Date is winter of 1930. Plane had a wooden propeller open cockpit. Pilot had a contract with Bureau of Reclamation to fly aerial photos in a grid. Took Wint (up in) the plane this day because it was too windy (for the pilot) to take his regular aerials.' (James J. Hester, son-in-law of W.A. Davis ('Wint'), the photographer who took this. Note added 4-92.
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Photographer's notations: June 71, Paper mache at Kermit Booker School, Boys Club, Basketball players at Doolittle, Verla Davis.
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Photographer's notations: Madison School Hotdog Sale by Neighborhood Council 4-67, REECO prize winner, Teen Dems Party at Frank Denton's.
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Identifications on reverse of photograph: Marla Sher, Matthew Feinberg; Second Row: Cantor Simon Bergman, Greg Lipkin, Rabbi Louis Lederman, Jeffrey Lavine, Rachel Groner and Jaimee Shapira
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