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.
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
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
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.
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.
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."
Left to right: Col. Harold Dortch with businessmen Ernest Phillips and Floyd Conn, at a small business seminar at Nellis Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Site Name: Nellis Air Force Base (Nev.)
Manpower Las Vegas President Andy Katz poses with showgirls on the red carpet during his company's 50th anniversary celebration at its downtown Las Vegas headquarters.
Oran K. Gragson putting up a poster for his re-election campaign. He is being assisted by female campaign workers. The women are identified as L-R: (standing, left of Mayor Gragson) Adrian, Joanie, Mayor Gragson (center), (kneeling in front) L-R: Darla, Gretchen, Sue Ann (standing in back, on right) L-R: Patsy, Nancy, Mary, and Delores. 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.