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Photograph of Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme cutting their wedding cake, Las Vegas (Nev.), December 29, 1957

Date

1957-12-29

Description

Steve Lawrence, left, and Eydie Gorme, center, cut into a slice of wedding cake at their wedding held in the home of Beldon Katleman, an El Rancho Vegas Hotel owner, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Standing to the far right, Joe E. Lewis looks on.

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Photograph of the Pan American Association delegates, Las Vegas, November 5, 1962

Date

1962-11-05

Archival Collection

Description

Pan American Association delegates at the Pan American Association of Ophthalmology with the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology in the Emerald Room at the Sands in Las Vegas, Nevada. The meeting was headed by President Jorge Valdeavellano, M.D. of Lima, Peru (second from the left).

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Photograph of government and Six Companies officials, Hoover Dam, February 9, 1932

Date

1932-02-09

Description

Government and Six Companies officials inspecting the Nevada spillway. Left to right: Norman S. Gallison, H. J. Lawler, Walker R. Young, Charles A. Shea, E. O. Wattis, Dr. Elwood Mead, Frank T. Crave, R. F. Walter and W. A. Bechtel. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)

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Photograph of Hotel Association members at table, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1940-1950s

Date

1940 to 1950

Description

Members of the Utah-Nevada Hotel Association sit together at a dining table. William Moore Jr. is second from the left, Newt Crumley is second from the right, and Charles Mapes is farthest to the right; The man on the far left is unidentified.

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Photograph of Sal Sagev Cafe patrons, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1945-1955

Date

1945 to 1955

Description

Patrons eating and drinking inside the Sal Sagev Cafe at 1 Fremont St., Las Vegas, Nevada. Some of the men wear fez hats, characteristic of the Shriners organization. Site Name: Sal Sagev Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of George Logan and a dummy, 1962

Date

1962

Description

George Logan stands dressed in Western style clothes with his arm around a dummy dressed as a woman with pins all over it. "1962" and "dance committee host" are visible on a ribbon on his chest. The location is possibly Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Photograph of man carrying fish on sidewalk, Overton (Nev.), 1940-1959

Date

1940 to 1959

Description

Man carryies four fish down the streets of Overton. The first hang from hooks on a chain that the man has slung over his right shoulder; his back is to the camera. Image taken by Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada.

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Photograph of Dale's radio card, Pahrump (Nev.), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

W7CTK radio channel. Dale B. Dorothy broadcasts at his home, the Lazy 88 Ranch, in Pahrump, Nevada. ""Dale Dorothy at short wave radio directing a lost plane. Pahrump had no telephones, roads, or electricity."" [Identified by Dorothy Dorothy 11-1-84]

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Photograph of people performing play, circa 1979

Date

1979

Description

From left to right, Elton Garrett, an unknown woman, Jeanne Clark, and an unknown man performing the play "The Fall of the Chinese Wall" probably in Boulder City, Nevada. The play was written in 1934 by a Boulder City student, Lora Glen, about peace in the world.

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Film transparency of the Colorado River, circa 1930s-1950s

Date

1930 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

The black and white view of an unidentified man sitting on top of rocks located at the edge of the Colorado River. This image was probably taken near Hoover Dam in Black Canyon, where the Colorado River lies on the state line between Arizona and Nevada.

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