A black and white image of Wes Neeley and his wife. Mr. Neeley was general foreman of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company in 1940. Photograph was taken by G.L. Ullom. This photo was taken from a time capsule in the cornerstone of the Union Pacific Railroad station located in Las Vegas. The time capsule was placed there in 1940 and was later retrieved when the building was demolished around 1970.
Description given with photograph: "Wedding of 'Ma' Kennedy, Amy Semple McPherson's mother, at Hoover (Boulder) Dam; Art Ham, Celia Cragin, Veronica and Harley Harmon, Alice Campbell, Myrtle Taylor, stranger in white (?), Delphine Squires, Ernie Cragin."
People identified from left to right: C. P. "Pop" Squires, Florence Boyer, Delphine "Mom" Squires, Bobbie Squires (front), Nila Squires (behind Bobbie), Russell Squires, Jimmie Squires (in front of Russell), Herbert Squires, C. C. Boyer, Jim Squires. Photograph was probably taken in Las Vegas.
Portrait of Elbert Edwards' maternal aunts, Charlotte Malinda Woods Terry and Roxa Jane Woods Terry and maternal uncle, Joseph Lafeyette Woods. Handwritten by Elbert Edwards on back of photograph: "Mama gave this to me March 26, 1937. It is Aunt Wolinda [sic] Woods Terry, Aunt Roxa Woods Terry, Uncle Lafey [Lafeyette] Woods. My mother was Maribah Woods. Her other brothers were Carlos, Lyman, James, Lamond, Jasper, Albert and Lafayette."
An image of musicians and entertainers onstage at the Copa Room showroom in the Sands Hotel and Casino. From left to right: jazz musician Louis Prima; entertainers Jerry Lewis, Jackie Heller and Milton Berle; and saxophonist Sam Butera.
An image of Jerry Lewis and Jayne Mansfield on a float in the Sands Hotel pool as part of the Sands Hotel's fourth anniversary celebrations while crowds look on.
An image of Jerry Lewis standing on a float as Jayne Mansfield falls into the pool at the Sands Hotel during the hotel's fourth anniversary celebrations.
An image of the award-winning Sands Hotel and Casino Food and Beverage staff. From left to right: Mike Uzan, Assistant Executive Chef; Doug Hardy, Food & Beverage Department Manager; Christopher Johns, Executive Chef; John Thacker, Director of Food & Beverage; Ramon Gonzalez, pastry chef.
An image of Jack Entratter and Danny Thomas in the Copa Room cutting into a large cake to celebrate the 12th anniversary of the Sands Hotel and Casino. The cake is in the shape of the newly constructed tower at the hotel. The women in the photograph is unidentified.
Hydroplane racing pilot Bill Muncey accepts a Martini & Rossi trophy for the Lake Mead Gold Cup race from Bruno Torti, American representative for Martini & Rossi, November 1960.