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Film transparency of Las Vegas labor union officials, Las Vegas, 1930
Date
1930
Archival Collection
Description
Las Vegas labor union officials, in charge of Labor Day celebrations, in Las Vegas, Nevada. From left to right, the men pictured include Martin Connell, James Farndale, William Gore, Robert H. Elser, Ira Liebert, Charles Watkins, and Eddie Bruner.
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Photograph of American Legion meeting, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1950s-1960s
Date
1950 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
A meeting of the American Legion at the Thunderbird Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. K.O. Knudson is the first person in front row, seated at table. The other individuals are unidentified. Site Name: Thunderbird Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 2755 South Las Vegas Boulevard
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Postcard of World War I soldiers, circa 1917-1918
Date
1917 to 1918
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of World War I soldiers from Clark County, Nevada. Standing in the back row are Leland Ronnow (third from left) and Ernest Lake (fourth from left). In the middle row, the third man from the left is Al Moser.
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Postcard of Bill Friedman gambling, 1970s
Date
1970 to 1979
Archival Collection
Description
Bill Friedman giving a gaming demonstration. He was a professor for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas' College of Hotel Administration for a decade and then went on to simultaneously be the president of Castaways Hotel and Casino and the Silver Slipper Casino in Las Vegas. Friedman is currently the president of Friedman management Group.
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Photograph of September Sarno's ninth birthday party, September 26, 1968
Date
1968-09-26
Archival Collection
Description
The Sarno family around a banquet table for September's 9th birthday. L-R: Heidi Sarno, Joyce Sarno, Jay Sarno, Jr., Freddie Sarno, September ("Temmy") Sarno, Jay Sarno, Bertha Cooper (Joyce's mother). They are probably in Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Photograph album 3, Ferron-Bracken Collection, circa 1905-1935, page 28
Date
1905 to 1935
Description
Photograph in upper left corner shows people outside of building with signs "San Francisco House" and "Venezia Hotel." Photograph in upper right corner captioned "Eureka, Nevada." Photographs in bottom row captioned "Reno, Nev."
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Photograph of Joseph Sullivan and others, Las Vegas, 1954
Date
1954
Archival Collection
Description
Joe Sullivan, president of the Dunes Hotel (second from right), studies hotel blueprints in Las Vegas, Nevada. Also pictured are Bruce McNeil of McNeil Construction Company (left); John Replogle, architect for the Dunes (second from left); and Bob Dorr, designer of the Dunes (right).
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Photograph of the Little Church of the West from the Last Frontier Village being moved (Las Vegas), 1954
Date
1954
Archival Collection
Description
The Little Church of the West being moved during renovations to the Last Frontier Village complex in 1954. The Last Frontier became the New Frontier after the renovations were complete.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: Las Vegas; Clark County; Nevada
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Postcard showing a prospector in a mule-drawn wagon, circa 1920-1955
Date
1920 to 1955
Archival Collection
Description
The view of a prospector sitting in an old, covered wagon drawn by a pair of mules located somewhere in the southwestern American desert, probably within Nevada. Transcribed onto the bottom border of the image: "Wanderers Of The Wastelands." The Frasher's Foto logo is printed on the bottom right corner of the image.
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Photograph of crowd around contest stage, Tonopah (Nev.) 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
People stand around a wooden stage where participants appear to be kneeling. The men in the contest participate in a "Fourth of July drilling contest" as transcribed with photograph, next to a large sign that reads "Chrysler Plymouth Used Cars We Buy & Sell" on the streets of Tonopah, Nevada.
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