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Photograph of women in Special Collections, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, December 1975
Date
1975-12
Archival Collection
Description
Ruth Ferron, a Las Vegas pioneer, and her daughter Shirley Swanson are donating the Ferron-Bracken photo collection to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Special Collections. Ms. Kepper, Special Collections curator, looks on. Typed description provided with image: "Ferron-Bracken Photograph Collection - December 1975, L-R: Ruth Ferron; Anna Dean Kepper; Shirley Ferron Swanson. William and Ruth Ferron came to Las Vegas in 1916-1917 where William Ferron bought several drugstores. Already estabished as a prominent pharmacist and businessman, Ferron in 1920 was elected Las Vegas' third mayor. In 1975 his widow, Ruth, donated the Ferron-Bracken photographs. Containing several hundred photos dating from as early as 1903, these are among the oldest pictures of Las Vegas in existence."
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Photograph of women at Hadassah luncheon, and newspaper clipping about the event, 1972
Description
Members feted, publication and date unknown
Black-and-white photograph of two women wearing hats while sitting outdoors, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of two women wearting hats while sitting outdoors, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925
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Photograph of two women standing in front of locomotive number 3649, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1900-1925
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Two women (possibly Mrs. Owen Phaff and her mother) stand in front of San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company locomotive number 3649 in Las Vegas, approximate date 1912.
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Album for the Americanism and Civic Affairs Committee of the Las Vegas B'nai B'rith Women, 1955
Date
1955
Archival Collection
Description
An album documenting some of the key events and activities that the Americanism and Civic Affairs Committee of the Las Vegas B'nai B'rith Women, Chapter No. 415, participated in during 1955. Created by Mrs. Russell Sherman, the Americanism and Civics Chairman from 1955-1956, the album contains various items including text passages, newspaper clippings, letters, programs, photographs, announcements, and certificates.
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Photograph of two women holding up a Cowpens flag, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, July 29, 1976
Date
1976-07-29
Archival Collection
Description
Two unidentified women holding up a Cowpens flag, a predecssor of the U.S. flag, created circa 1781. The flag has red and white stripes and a single star inside a circle of 12 stars on the blue field. It is the same flag as featured in the iconic painting "The Sprit of '76" by Archibald MacNeal Willard. The women are preparing for the U.S. bicentennial celebration at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
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Set of photographs including Men's and Women's Progressive clubs: image 001
Date
1965
Archival Collection
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Set of photographs including Men's and Women's Progressive clubs: image 002
Date
1965
Archival Collection
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