A group of people at the opening of an artesian well in Las Vegas, Nevada. From left to right, the individuals include and unidentified man; and unidentified woman; Fred Balzar, a Nevada governor; J. Fred Hesse, a Las Vegas Mayor; and an unidentified man.

A black and white photograph of men at the Northern posing with gambling tables in Goldfield, Nevada.

Nevada Governor Vail M. Pittman (left) is presented with a gift of western attire from "Big Jim" Cashman, Sr. (right) at the Elks Club in Las Vegas, Nevada Site Name: Elk's Club (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Black and white image of Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior, at a ceremony which inaugurated construction on the Boulder City branch of the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad, signaling the beginning of the Boulder Canyon Project, later known as Hoover Dam. From left to right, the men pictured include: Senator Key Pittman of Nevada; Governor Fred Balzar of Nevada; Carl Gray, President of Union Pacific Railroad system; Secretary Wilbur holding the Nevada silver spike; and Senator Tasker L. Oddie of Nevada. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

A portrait of North Las Vegas city councilman Dan Gray in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Members of the Brewington and Pittman families celebrating the golden wedding anniversary of Dr. and Mrs. George F. Brewington (parents of Ida Pittman, wife of Nevada Governor Vail M. Pittman), in the Pittman's home in Ely, Nevada. Seated, L-R: Frances R. Brewington, George F. Brewington, Rose (Farrell) Brewington, Ann E. Brewington. Standing, L-R: Nevada Governor Vail M. Pittman, Ida Louise "Liz" (Brewington) Pittman. Frances Brewington and Ann Brewington, sisters to Ida Pittman, served as a public health nurse in Boulder City, Nevada, and as a teacher of business education at the University of Chicago, respectively.

A portrait of President Dr. Leonard "Pat" Goodall, President at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).