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Photograph of the North Las Vegas Exchange Club presenting a check to the Mothers Club of the North Las Vegas Boys Club, North Las Vegas, Nevada, December 19, 1972
Date
1972-12-19
Archival Collection
Description
North Las Vegas Exchange Club presents check to the Mothers Club of the North Las Vegas Boys' Club, North Las Vegas, Nevada, December 19, 1972. Pictured L-R: Warren Wilson, Bruce Therialt, Noel Thompson, Jo DaVan, Nadine Gemmer, and Mary Jane Brown.
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Photograph of North Las Vegas Municipal Judge Ray Daines presenting a certificate to John Kulikowski, North Las Vegas, Nevada, March 20, 1974
Date
1974-03-20
Archival Collection
Description
North Las Vegas Municipal Judge Ray Daines presents certificate of merit to John Kulikowski (left) on behalf of the International Footprinters Association, Chapter #9, North Las Vegas, March 20, 1974. The certificate was in recognition of Kulikowski's part in apprehending a bank robber; he also received a letter of commendation from The Federal Bureau of Investigations.
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Photograph of a man and a woman standing in front of brush house, with a shade shelter on one end, possibly Ash Meadows or Pahrump, Nevada, circa 1900s-1910s
Date
1900 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
Man and a woman standing in front of brush house, possibly a karnee dwelling, with a shade shelter on one end. The photograph is labeled "Summer Camp." A Post-it note on the back identifies the man as "probably Chief Tecopa."
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Photograph of Jimmy Durante and Milton Berle during production of the motion picture "Meet Me In Las Vegas," Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1955-1956
Date
1955 to 1956
Archival Collection
Description
Entertainers Jimmy Durante (left) and Milton Berle (right) during the production of the motion picture "Meet Me In Las Vegas" at the Sands Hotel. Costumed showgirls in the background look on.
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Photograph of Steve Rossi, Ed Sullivan, Toni Clark, Elaine Rossi, Sylvia Sullivan, Frenchy Allen, and Marty Allen, Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa mid-late 1960s
Date
1964 (year approximate) to 1968 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
L-R: Steve Rossi, Ed Sullivan, Toni Clark, Elaine Rossi, Sylvia Sullivan, Frenchy Allen, Marty Allen and an unidentified woman near the Versailles Room in the Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. A sign in the lower right corner reads "Bob Patrick, Las Vegas."
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Photograph of Las Vegas Mayor Oran Gragson with United States Air Force Thunderbirds pilots, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, April 24, 1975
Date
1975-04-24
Archival Collection
Description
Unidentified United States Air Force Thunderbirds pilots with Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson (back row, center). A man to the right of Gragson (in the photo) is displaying a plaque.
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Photograph of Colonel H. J. Gavin, his wife Doris Gavin, and Major General Gordon F. Blood at a dinner for the 474th Tactical Fighter Wing, Dunes Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 11, 1971
Date
1971-06-11
Archival Collection
Description
Col. Herbert J. Gavin, wearing dress uniform, speaks at a banquet for the 474th Tactical Fighter Wing (Nellis AFB) at the Dunes Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. Left to right: Doris Gavin (wife of Col. Gavin); Maj. Gen. Gordon F. Blood; guest speaker; Col. Herbert J. Gavin.
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Newspaper clipping of Emma (Peggy) Marie (Schaefle) Schuyler (2nd from right), participating in a donation to the Variety School for Handicapped Children of Clark County, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1952
Date
1952
Archival Collection
Description
Newspaper photo, Emma (Peggy) Marie (Schaefle) Schuyler (2nd from right), participating in a donation to the Variety School for Handicapped Children of Clark County. Other ladies named under photo. Mrs. Thalia Dondero is wife of Harvey Dondero, who was a roomer at the Schuylers' home and became prominent in the Las Vegas school system. Thalia was elected as the first female Clark County Commissioner in 1974, and Harvey Dondero was honored with an Elementary school being named after him.
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Photograph of Captain Jim, a Washoe Spokesman, early 1900s
Date
1892
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from photograph, "Washo - 5. Captain Jim, A Washo spokesman. In 1892, he traveled to Washington, D.C. to plead with the U.S. Government to stop destroying the pine nut trees and the hunting and fishing rights of his people. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Nevada Historical Society."
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Photograph of Stanley Paher and Robert List, 1981
Date
1981
Archival Collection
Description
Portrait of Stanley Paher (left) and Nevada Governor Robert List (right). List is holding Paher's book, Nevada: An Annotated Bibliography.
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