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Thunderbird Hotel, Grand Rapids, Michigan publicity and newspaper clippings, 1975
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Minsky's Burlesque Records
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Collection Number: MS-00290
Collection Name: Minsky's Burlesque Records
Box/Folder: Box 4 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Minsky's Burlesque Records
Box/Folder: Box 4 (Restrictions apply)
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Photograph of Mayor Oran K. Gragson with USAF Thunderbirds, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, circa early 1960s
Date
1960 to 1965
Archival Collection
Description
Mayor Oran K. Gragson (standing, left) poses with USAF Thunderbirds, precision flying team based at Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayor Gragson is holding a matted photo of the Thunderbirds in flight over a mountain. The inscription reads " To: Mayor Oran Gragson with sincere best wishes, The USAF Thunderbirds." Oran Kenneth Gragson (February 14, 1911 – October 7, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. He was the longest-serving mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1959 to 1975. Gragson, a member of the Republican Party, was a small business owner who was elected Mayor on a reform platform against police corruption and for equal opportunity for people of all socio-economic and racial categories. Gragson died in a Las Vegas hospice on October 7, 2002, at the age of 91. The Oran K. Gragson Elementary School located at 555 N. Honolulu Street, Las Vegas, NV 89110 was named in his honor. Site Name: Nellis Air Force Base (Nev.)
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Photograph of Mayor Oran K. Gragson with USAF Thunderbirds, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, circa early 1960s
Date
1960 to 1965
Archival Collection
Description
Mayor Oran K. Gragson (standing, 2nd from right), poses with USAF Thunderbirds, precision flying team based at Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayor Gragson is holding a matted photo of the Thunderbirds in flight over Hoover Dam. The inscription reads " To: Mayor Oran Gragson with sincere best wishes, The USAF Thunderbirds." Oran Kenneth Gragson (February 14, 1911 – October 7, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. He was the longest-serving mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1959 to 1975. Gragson, a member of the Republican Party, was a small business owner who was elected Mayor on a reform platform against police corruption and for equal opportunity for people of all socio-economic and racial categories. Gragson died in a Las Vegas hospice on October 7, 2002, at the age of 91. The Oran K. Gragson Elementary School located at 555 N. Honolulu Street, Las Vegas, NV 89110 was named in his honor. Site Name: Nellis Air Force Base (Nev.)
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Thunderbird Hotel float at the Helldorado Parade in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1960s
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File
Archival Collection
Cork Proctor Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00349
Collection Name: Cork Proctor Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Cork Proctor Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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Thunderbird Hotel float at the Helldorado Parade in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1960s
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File
Archival Collection
Cork Proctor Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00349
Collection Name: Cork Proctor Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Cork Proctor Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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Thunderbirds performing a coordinated loop: photographic print, approximately 1960 to 1965
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Item
Archival Collection
Erle A. Taylor Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00237
Collection Name: Erle A. Taylor Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Erle A. Taylor Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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Thunderbirds performing a diamond dive: photographic print, approximately 1960 to 1965
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Item
Archival Collection
Erle A. Taylor Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00237
Collection Name: Erle A. Taylor Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Erle A. Taylor Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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Thunderbirds aerial performance in Alamo, Nevada: photographic print, 1967 May
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Item
Archival Collection
Erle A. Taylor Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00237
Collection Name: Erle A. Taylor Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Erle A. Taylor Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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Thunderbird Trail by William Colt MacDonald, 1946 September
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Item
Archival Collection
Beverly Rogers Collection of Armed Services Editions
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Collection Number: MS-00913
Collection Name: Beverly Rogers Collection of Armed Services Editions
Box/Folder: Box 40
Collection Name: Beverly Rogers Collection of Armed Services Editions
Box/Folder: Box 40
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Exterior view of Thunderbird Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada: postcard, 1948
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Item
Archival Collection
UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00171
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 14
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 14
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