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Photograph of North Las Vegas American Legion Post, North Las Vegas, Nevada, March 12, 1974
Date
1974-03-12
Archival Collection
Description
North Las Vegas American Legion Post celebrates, North Las Vegas, Nevada, March 12, 1974. Second from right is Paul May; far right is Gene Echols.
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Film transparency of a group of individuals having tea probably in Las Vegas or Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1960s
Date
1960 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
A group of individuals having tea probably in Las Vegas or Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1960s. From left to right: unknown, Juanita Greer White, unknown, unknown, and Ralph Denton
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Photograph of a female dealer at a Big Six wheel, Apache Club, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1936-1937
Date
1936 to 1937
Archival Collection
Description
A female dealer, a rarity during the 1930s, operates a Big Six Wheel (or Wheel of Fortune) at the Apache Club in Las Vegas, Nevada. A group of male gamblers stands around the table.
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Photograph of Geraldine Stocker, Mae Pickett Stocker, and others at the Overton Mill, Overton, Nevada, circa 1932-1940s
Date
1932 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
Dorothy Zimmerman, Geraldine Stocker, Mae Pickett, Bertie Servilla, one of the Stocker's casino employees, an unidentified woman, and Mayme stocker at the Overton Mill in Overton, Nevada Ca. 1932-1940
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Photograph of Wilbur Clark with an artist's rendering of the Colonial House, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa early-mid 1950s
Date
1950 to 1956
Archival Collection
Description
Wilbur Clark, in Las Vegas, Nevada, studies a rendering for the Colonial House Motel. The property occupied the area on the Las Vegas Strip where Wynn Las Vegas was built in 2004-2005.
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Photograph of Wilbur Clark working on a scale model of a roulette table, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1944-1950s
Date
1945 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Wilbur Clark, in a workshop, making modifications to a scale model gambling table. He used his own designs.
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Postcard showing the robbery of a United States Mail coach en route to Bullfrog, Nevada, circa 1900s-1910s
Date
1900 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
A picture postcard showing the robbery of a U.S. Mail coach in the mountains of Nevada. Captions:"A hold up. U.S. mail coach en route to Bullfrog, Nev.;" "Larson Pho. no. 333;" "Denver Eng. Co. "
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Photograph of Chief Tecopa and Della Fisk with others, Pahrump Valley or Ash Meadows, Nevada, circa 1880s-1910s
Date
1880 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
The man wearing the top hat is Chief Tecopa. Della Fisk is holding his arm. A group of unidentified people are surrounding them. Wagons and horses are visible in the background. The photograph was taken in either Pahrump Valley or Ash Meadows, Nevada. Chief Tecopa, leader of the Souther Paiute tribe, was born in Pahrump in 1815 and died in Pahnrump between 1904-1906. He is interred in the Chief Tecopa Cemetery, located on East Street next to the library Pahrump, Nevada.
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Film transparency of a stagecoach entry in the Helldorado Parade on Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, May, 1958
Date
1958-05
Archival Collection
Description
Three men riding a stagecoach with a banner on the side reading "Nevada Beverage Company" in the Helldorado Parade on Fremont Street, May 1958. Two women and a child are riding inside the coach, while two men wave to the crowd from the back of the coach. They are in front of the Boulder Club, located at 118 Fremont Street. The Boulder Club was in operation from 1931-1960. A sign on the Boulder Club reads ""Farmer" Page - Enjoy the Old West - Jackpots, Craps, Bar, Keno, Roulette, Twenty-One."
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Photograph of people at a North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon, North Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1960s
Date
1960 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
A North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon, North Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1960s
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