A group photograph of "The Gang" or "Mob" at Ronzone's Department Store in Las Vegas, Nevada. Handwritten description provided on back of image: "L - R: 1) Sam Diamond 2) Gus Greenbaum 3) Willy Alderman 4) Davie Berman 5) Jack Prcras (sp?) 6) "Bowser" Joe Rosenberg 7) Sam Belkin 8) Ed Barrick 9) Sam Prcras (sp?)."
L-R, front row: Eva Sutherland, asisstant to the Dean of the School of Business, and Ann Brewington, School of Business instructor, both of the University of Chicago, pose with three unidentified people in Haskell Hall, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Brewington was a sister-in-law of Nevada Governor Vail M. Pittman.
This scrapbook documents the professional career of Mark Fine in real estate development in the 1980s, and includes photographs and ephemera of his work on the master planned community of Green Valley with the American Nevada Corporation. Personal ephemera include documents for the Fine children's school programs and a photograph of Mark Fine with Col. Doron Izraeli, the military attache for the Israeli Embassy.
Leonard "Swede" Ohrn seated at the counter of the Town Barbecue, probably in Las Vegas, Nevada. His delivery truck crashed through the wall behind him (while he was eating) after it was struck by another car. For more information, see news article on reverse of photo board.
Wade H. Taylor, a Regional Power Manager, standing beside the shaft of one of Davis Dam's five 45,000 kilowatt generating units located in the dam's turbine gallery. David Dam is located on the Colorado River, downstream from the Hoover Dam, on the border between Arizona and Nevada.
Walter E. Scott, also known as "Death Valley Scotty," smokes a cigar at a bar with an arm around an unidentified man to the right. An unidentified woman sits on his other side. The location is unidentified but probably Las Vegas, Nevada. Slot machines and other people can be seen in the background.
Jay Sarno (seated at table at center) with members of the Rogers family of philanthropists of Beaumont, Texas. The Rogers Brothers (Victor, Ben, Nate and Sol) helped Sarno build Circus Circus in Las Vegas, Nevada. Standing behind them are Sarno's children, Freddie, Heidi, Jay C. (Jay, Jr.) and September.
People studying the construction plans for the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Some of the individuals identified are Al Gottesman, vice president of the Dunes (left); Bruce McNeil of McNeil Construction Company (second from left); John Replogle, architect (fourth from left); and Bob Dorr, designer (in striped shirt).
A black and white portrait of the Union Pacific Railroad President, William Martin Jeffers. This photo was taken from a time capsule in the cornerstone of the Union Pacific Railroad station located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The time capsule was placed there in 1940 and was later retrieved when the building was demolished around 1970.
Left to right: Charlie Fairlamb (lawyer and partner in Colorado), Mrs. Theresa (Geraldine's mother), Sklyer Fairlamb (Charlie Fairlamb's son), Charlie's daughter, Mayme Stocker, Charlie's mother, and Geraldine Stocker at a dinner probably in Mayme Stocker's home in Las Vegas, Nevada Ca. 1940-1950's