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Photographs of Herbert G. Klein with others at the Las Vegas Press Club Installation, Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, circa April 1969

Date

1969-04-05

Description

Herbert G. Klein, Director of Communications for the Executive Branch of the Federal Government at the Las Vegas Press Club Installation of Joy Hamann as President, at the Sands Hotel. Klein is pictured with Rober E. Miller (Bob), Manager of Nevada Operations of the AEC, John H. Meier, Executive Aide of Hughes-Nevada Operations, and Joseph A. Aspero, Executive Vice President, Sands Hotel

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Photograph of the Arivada Ferry, 1916-1920

Date

1916 (year approximate) to 1920 (year approximate)

Archival Collection

Description

Arivada Ferry, owned by Jim Cashman and operated by Pop Emery. Its primary purpose was to provide a way for Arizonans to get to Nevada where prohibition was not as strictly enforced.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Arivada Ferry, 1916-1920. This ferry was owned by Jim Cashman and operated by Pop Emery (standing, in picture). Originally located at the upper end of Cottonwood Island, a few miles below where the Cottonwood Cove Resort is located, it was later moved due to lack of business to TriState, Nevada, where it served for a short time between the Katherine Mine in Arizona and the TriState Mine in Nevada. Its main purpose here was to provide a way for Arizonans to get to Nevada where prohibition laws were not strictly enforced."

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Photograph of the annual "Turkey Trot" at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, circa mid 1950s - early 1960s

Date

1955 to 1964

Archival Collection

Description

The annual "Turkey Trot" held at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. A group of unidentified people hold a turkey as they pose for the camera.

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Photograph of people under the "winner's circle," circa 1981

Date

1981

Description

From left to right, an unidentified man, an unidentified woman, and Elton Garrett posing underneath a "winner's circle" in what is most likely Boulder City, Nevada. The photograph is signed, "To Elton, all our best Howard W. Cannon U. S. S. Nev." Group Creators credit goes to Dee-Pics Photography in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Photograph of the metal shop at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant, Henderson (Nev.), April 27, 1943

Date

1943-04-27

Description

Unidentified men working at the temporary sheet metal shop at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant. The inscription on the photo reads: "McNeil Construction Co. Magnesium Plant, Las Vegas, Nevada. 4-27-43. 1576." The Basic Magnesium Inc. plant was built southeast of Las Vegas in an unincorporated area that is now Henderson, Nevada.

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Photograph of the metal shop at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant, Henderson (Nev.), April 27, 1943

Date

1943-04-27

Description

Unidentified men working at the temporary sheet metal shop at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant. The inscription on the photo reads: "McNeil Construction Co. Magnesium Plant, Las Vegas, Nevada. 4-27-43. 1573." The Basic Magnesium Inc. plant was built southeast of Las Vegas in an unincorporated area that is now Henderson, Nevada.

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Saharan Magazine from the Sahara Hotel and Casino, February 1966

Date

1966-02

Description

The February 1966 edition of The Saharan Magazine, a magazine created by the Sahara Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Headlines in the magazine include: "Sahara Winder Lineup: Kinds and DeCastros", "Canadian Tops Winners in Sahara Anniversary", "Sahara Airlines Attendance Soars Over 6,000 Mark", "Sahara Becomes "Shooting Headquarters" in 1966", and "Thunderbird Cash Binge!"

Mixed Content

Photograph of E. Parry Thomas, Wayne Newton and Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., 1980

Date

1980

Description

L-R: Las Vegas, Nevada civic leader and philanthropist E. Parry Thomas, entertainer Wayne Newton with attorney-politician-lobbyist Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr.

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Photograph of people at Temple Beth Sholom, Las Vegas (Nev.), May 21, 1976

Date

1976-05-21

Archival Collection

Description

Photographs of unidentified people sharing the book "A Taste of Tradition" by Ruth Sirkis at Temple Beth Sholom in Las Vegas, Nevada. 120mm negatives.

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Photograph of Harold Stocker with parents Oscar and Mayme Stocker, Las Vegas, December 1922

Date

1922-12

Archival Collection

Description

Black and white photograph of Oscar Stocker, Harold Stocker, and Mayme Stocker in front of Northern Club in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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