Actor Spike Jones and wife Helen Grayco pictured with El Rancho Vegas owner Beldon Katleman and his wife Millie Katleman. Site Name: El Rancho Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Early portrait of Max Weber, a chef at El Rancho Vegas. Image taken by Albert M. Berkson. Site Name: El Rancho Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Actors Hal March and Candy Toxton with their dog on a visit to the Hoover Dam.

El Rancho Vegas corporate board members sit around table for a meeting. Site Name: El Rancho Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Panoramic scenes of the El Rancho Hotel in Las Vegas after snowfall, taken on opposite sides of the building. Both images show the hotel to the right with buildings and a snowy landscape to the left. In the second image, cars sit in the parking lot that lead up to the building. Images credited to Western Studio in Las Vegas, Nevada. Site Name: El Rancho Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Panoramic scenes of the El Rancho Hotel in Las Vegas after snowfall, taken on opposite sides of the building. Both images show the hotel to the right with buildings and a snowy landscape to the left. In the second image, cars sit in the parking lot that lead up to the building. Images credited to Western Studio in Las Vegas, Nevada. Site Name: El Rancho Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Children line up outside schoolhouse for funeral procession for Orley Wardle. The children all wear coats and hats, and many are wearing all black. Included with photograph is a Xerox of a letter to Dr. Elizabeth Patrick from Luella and Austin [Wardle?], dated May 19, 1982. Letter says that Austin's brother's name was Orley R. Wardle and he was born in Park City, Utah in 1899. Orley passed away at the age of 8 years old on February 11, 1907 from spinal menengitis. Luella said that many died from the same sickness that winter.