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Photograph of Bob Duckett presents an award to past president Morton Karsh, North Las Vegas, Nevada, August 17, 1972
Date
1972-08-17
Archival Collection
Description
Bob Duckett (right), president of the North Las Vegas Lions Club, presents an award to past president Morton Karsh. The award was a diamond-studded pin recognition for being named the 1971-72 100% President of Lions International, North Las Vegas, Nevada, August 17, 1972.
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Photograph of North Las Vegas Democratic Club's new officers, North Las Vegas, Nevada, February 19, 1974
Date
1974-02-19
Archival Collection
Description
North Las Vegas Democratic Club installs new officers, North Las Vegas, Nevada, February 19, 1974. Lieutenant Governor Harry Reid (4th from right) was the keynote speaker. Judge James Santini (3rd from Left) was the installing officer. Others are, from left: Larry Widner, 2nd Vice- Pres.; Sally Ortiz, Treasurer; Judge Santini; Aileen O'Neill, President; Bob Strom, Board Member; Lieutenant Governor Reid; Margaret Sechrist, Secretary; Elida Hernandez, 1st Vice-Pres.; Dorothy Reynolds, Board Member.
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Photograph of North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce members during a membership drive, North Las Vegas, Nevada, December 5, 1974
Date
1974-12-05
Archival Collection
Description
North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce launches membership drive in North Las Vegas, Nevada, December 5, 1974. Pictured L-R Mahlon Faust, Ray Pranske, Keith Farr, Ted Travers, Jack Hon, Wendell Tobler (president), Charles Collins, Al Chandler, Buck McElhone and Warren Holmes.
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Photograph of Duane Pierce, Elmer Curley and others at a University Library Society event, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1981-1989
Date
1981 to 1989
Archival Collection
Description
L-R: two unidentified men with Duane Pierce and Elmer Curley at a University Library Society event, in the Special Collections Reading Room, James Dickinson Library, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Pierce was Chairman of the UNLV Department of Radiologic Technology; Curley served in the Public Services department of UNLV Libraries from 1967-1994. Site Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Photograph of Danny Carlisle making a point during resolution debate at Nevada Women's Conference in Las Vegas (Nev.), June 19,1977
Date
1977-06-19
Archival Collection
Description
Danny Carlisle was making a point during a resolution debate at the Nevada Women's Conference held in Las Vegas in 1977. Site Name: Las Vegas Convention Center
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Photograph of charter officers for the new North Las Vegas Exchange Club, North Las Vegas, Nevada, July 31, 1972
Date
1972-07-31
Archival Collection
Description
Charter officers of new North Las Vegas Exchange Club, North Las Vegas, Nevada, July 31, 1972. Pictured L-R: Noel Thompson, President; Richard Cross, Vice-President; Bill Cyphers, Board Member; Warren Wilson, Secretary; Roland Bobier, Board Member; Gary Gray, Board Member.
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Film transparency of the Las Vegas Review-Journal Press Car entry in the Labor Day Parade, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1930
Date
1928 to 1932
Archival Collection
Description
A Labor Day Parade in Las Vegas, Nevada. A Press Car for the Las Vegas Review-Journal is visible, circa 1930. The original image has been damaged.
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Photograph of Duane Pierce, Mary Harrison, Shirley Hurt and an unidentified woman at a University Library Society reception, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1991-1992
Date
1991 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
L-R: Duane Pierce (Chairman of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Department of Radiologic Technology), Mary Harrison (University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries librarian), Shirley Hurt, an unidentified woman at a University Library Society reception, Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Photograph of Oran K. Gragson and his wife Bonnie celebrating his birthday at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1969
Date
1969
Archival Collection
Description
Oran K. Gragson and his wife Bonnie celebrating his birthday at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1969. Oran Kenneth Gragson (February 14, 1911 – October 7, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. He was the longest-serving mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1959 to 1975. Gragson, a member of the Republican Party, was a small business owner who was elected Mayor on a reform platform against police corruption and for equal opportunity for people of all socio-economic and racial categories. Gragson died in a Las Vegas hospice on October 7, 2002, at the age of 91. The Oran K. Gragson Elementary School located at 555 N. Honolulu Street, Las Vegas, NV 89110 was named in his honor.
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Letter from Jimmie Crowell (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) to J.K. Houssels, Jr., (Las Vegas, Nevada), January 14, 1968
Date
1968-01-14
Archival Collection
Description
Letter from Jimmie Crowell, Director of the Oklahoma Chapter of Dance Masters of America, Inc., to J.K. Houssels, Jr., at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, thanking Houssels for allowing Vassili Sulich time from his performances at the Tropicana to teach DMA students. Letter on Dance Masters of America, Inc. letterhead. Handwritten on letter "To Maynard Sloate."
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