There was an inscription on image. "#32. Black Mammoth Consolidated Mining Company commissary, Mary Mine, Nevada, ca. 1937. The Mary Mine is located five miles north of Silver Peak, Nev. and was developed by the Pittsburgh Silver Peak Gold Mining company between 1906 and 1916. The commissary was built in 1907. The mine was taken over by the Black Mammoth company in 1936 and operated until 1941. During this time the commissary, which housed a store, bar, entertainment center and boarding house, served over 150 men who worked at the mine. The Mary, a gold mine, produced over $7,800,000 between 1907 and 1941."
A group photo of the Board of Regents at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The people who are standing are identified as, from left to right: 1) N. E. Broadbent; 2) Raymond Germain; 3) William Elwell; 4) Dr. Charles J. Armstrong (University President); 5) Chief Dep. Arry Gen. John Porter (Legal Advisor); and 6) Dr. Louis Lombardi (Vice Chairman). The people who are seated are identified as, from left to right: 1) Weld Arnold; 2) Dr. Fred Anderson; 3) Newton Crumley; 4) Mrs. Richard Magee (Molly Flag Knudtsen); and 5) A. C. Grant (Chairman).
Men stand in commrodery in front of a building, either belonging to the Lions Club or 20-30 Club in Tonopah, Nevada. Both were nonprofit organizations donating funds to locals in the Tonopah area. Transcription with photograph: "The Lions Club Building is in the background. The 20-30 Club became the Lions Club in the 1940's." Individuals identified from left to right: "1. Joe Friel 2. Roy Wolf 3. Charles Cavanaugh 4. Gerald Roberts 5. Fred Steen 6. Jack Depmsey 7. Unknown 8. Red Nelson 9. Allan Douglass 10. Red O'Leary."
Transcribed from behind the image,"'Tom Wah and Gue Gim Wah, his wife-when Tom's Chinese boarding house at the Prince Mine burned down, he moved into Prince one-room schoolhouse to serve meals (briefly one summer) later purchased the mine store from Hodges and Cook where a more adequate boarding house was again established- Tom died soon after. This photo taken in front of Prince schoolhouse, Pioche, Nevada.' Handwritten note by Elizabeth Gemmell Frizzell."
The caption on the back of the image reads, " "Like grandfather, like father, like son" is an appropriate title for this photograph of Ray Lyman Wilbur II and Ray Lyman Wilbur III, reading the name of Ray Lyman Wilbur I on a bronze plaque at the Hoover Dam. As noted on the plaque, Ray Lyman Wilbur I was secretary of the Interior during President Hoover's administration and played a major role in administrative matters pertaining to the construction of Hoover Dam. His son and grandson, shown here, were visitors to the dam recently and were given a specially-conducted tour by the Bureau of Reclamation's guide service. The father and son reside at 1808 Indiana Street, Vallejo, California. The plaque is on the left hand side of the entrance to the Hoover Dam's Arizona elevator tower through which a third of a million visitors leave the dam and power plant each year following guided tours of this mammoth structure on the Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona. Guided tours of the dam and power plant, starting at the elevator tower on the Nevada side, are available daily to the public between the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ca. 1950's (Bureau of Reclamation photo)."
Bonanza Airline Officers and Station Managers in Las Vegas, Nevada. From left to right, the seated men in the first row include: Frank Chabot (Treasurer), Noland Ryan (Assistant to President), General Joe Battley (Sands Executive), G. Robert Henry (Executive Vice President), and Thomas Magners (Regional Manager of Stations). From left to right, the men standing in the back row include: Glenn Woods (Reno), Blaine Barney (Cedar City), Ed Wolfe (Las Vegas), Larry Ecklund (Blyth), Henry Puryear (Yuma), Ray Vaughn (Santa Ana), and Robert Yeager (El Centro).
Education leaders gathered together for a social event given by Las Vegas Education Association in Las Vegas, Nevada. Seated, left to right: Miss Lucille Chandler; Mrs. Clarabelle Hanley; Miss Helen Marie Smith; and Miss Maude Frazier, former Superintendent of schools in Las Vegas. Second row, left to right: Samuel B. Kurtz; Miss Rozie Copenhaver; Harvey Dondero; Duane D. Keller; Mrs. Adrian Dubois Walter V. Long; Miss Doris French; K. O. Knudson; and Mrs. Roma Knight. Third Row, left to right: Roy McCaughey and Oran Ballinger.
Dorothy Dorothy with seven officers from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. Identified from left to right: "1. Dorothy Dorothy, 2. Christensen, Col. John M. (USA), 3. [lapel reads Natl. Security Seminar] Kirkpatrick, Lt. Col. Paul F. (USAFR), 4. Stefen, Col. L.L. (USAF), 5. Erb, Col. Theodore H. (USAF), 6. Bagley, Capt. John A. (USN), 7. Parmelee (seated), Capt. C. Harless (USN), 8. Davis (seated), Lt. Col. Clarence." Inscription with photo reads: "DD took the full course along with the reserve officers of So. Nevada." [Identified by Dorothy Dorothy 11-1-84]
A young Wayne Newton (left) with Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson. The location where the photograph was taken is unknown. 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. Carson Wayne Newton (born April 3, 1942) is an American singer and entertainer. One of the best-known entertainers in Las Vegas, Nevada, he is known by the nicknames The Midnight Idol, Mr. Las Vegas and Mr. Entertainment. His well known songs include 1972's "Daddy, Don't You Walk So Fast" (his biggest hit, peaking at No. 4 on the Billboard chart), "Years" (1980), and his vocal version of "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" (1965). He is best known for his signature song, "Danke Schoen" (1963), which was notably used in the score for "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986).