Rotary Club members traveling by Union Pacific RR and stages. Cyril Wengert is the last on right, standing. "At Las Vegas Station on UP, 1930's," - Dave Coons.
Toni and Wilbur Clark on a CBS-TV show. Show was filmed at the Clark home in Las Vegas, 331 E. Desert Inn Rd, May 15, 1957. The show was "Person to Person" with Edward R. Murrow.
Toni and Wilbur Clark on a CBS-TV show. Show was filmed at the Clark home in Las Vegas, 331 E. Desert Inn Rd, May 15, 1957. The show was "Person to Person" with Edward R. Murrow.
Jim Wilson, his sons, and Walter Bracken at Sandstone ranch. Seated: James B. Wilson, Standing from left to right: Jim Wilson, unknown, Walter Bracken, and Tweed Wilson.
Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson waves from a convertible in a parade on Fremont Street at night. His car has just passed the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall by passing under a street banner made of garland that says Season's Greetings. Neon signs are visible for several stores and casinos, including the White Cross Rexall Drug Store, Golden Nugget Gambling Hall, Lucky Strike Casino, and The Mint 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.
Construction engineer Walker Rollo Young (right), and an unidentified man at the entrance of the Bureau of Reclamation Administration building, located at 1200 Park Street.