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Postcard of Clarence Johnson and Josephine Gail Johnson, Millers (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1910

Archival Collection

Josephine Johnson Foster Photograph Collection

Description

Clarence Johnson (left) and "Josephine" Gail Johnson (right) in Millers, Nevada. Handwritten message provided with image: "Dear Nan and Rufe, Will send you some pictures now and next time will write. You will know who this is. Harvey took it about two weeks ago. Jessie and Clarence (Johnson) are here now. He lost his job at Millers and he will get work here if he can. But so far has not. Hayden came with them as his... (card ends). - postcard, L-R: 1) Clarence Johnson; 2) Josephine Gail Johnson." A second handwritten message provided with the image reads: "'Harvey' is Harvey Lohr, Ollie (Howard) Lohr's husband. "Hayden" is Jessie's youngest brother, James Hayden Howard. Personal interview with Josephine Johnson Foster, 02/20/80. Elizabeth Nelson Patrick."

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Photograph of Mayor Oran K. Gragson displaying his birthday cake, circa 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Archival Collection

Oran K. Gragson Photographs

Description

Oran K. Gragson, Mayor of Las Vegas from 1959-1975, as photographed circa 1980, displaying his birthday cake. The location where the photograph was taken is unknown. 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.

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Photograph of several influential Las Vegans planting a tree in the courthouse park, Las Vegas, March 1911

Date

1911-03

Archival Collection

Charles P. Squires Photograph Collection

Description

Description given with photograph: "This photo was taken by C. P. Squires on the occasion of planting the first tree in the courthouse park, Las Vegas, Nevada. Date March 1911, as near as can be fixed. The building shown at left is the first Clark County Courthouse (now used for the LV City Library). Las Vegas City Library had been constructed by popular subscription by Las Vegas businessmen as promised by them during the county division campaign in 1908-1909. This building provided sufficient quarters for the county offices for five years, following which, the present courthouse was built. Persons shown, as far as their identity can be remembered are: (holding the tree) Ed W. Clark, (using the shovel) Judge E. L. Taber. Others, left to right: Charles Ronnow; Judge W. R. Thomas; unidentified; Bob Dillon; Frank A. Stevens; Harley A. Harmon and Dr. R. W. Martin (partly in picture)."

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Photograph of Vassili Sulich at his art exhibit in the Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Archival Collection

Vassili Sulich Photographs

Description

Vassili greeting Mr. and Mrs. William Shapiro at his art exhibit in the Gold Room at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Handwritten description provided on back of image: "Vassili Sulich greeting Mr. & Mrs. William Shapiro at his art exhibit - Gold Room, Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas, Jan 27. (Mrs. Shapiro behind Vassili). Others l. to. r. : Mrs. Maury Stevens, Mrs. Preston Feinberg, Maury Stevens, Mrs. Q. E. Fortier. (Maury Stevens is editor and publisher of Las Vegas Life Magazine). Preston Fienberg is exec. V. P. of Tropicana. Mrs. Fortier is wife of Dr. Q. E. Fortier, owner of Women's Hospital (L.V.) and one of the nations leading gynecologists, former prof. of anatomy at Univ. of Minn. and Colonel in Air Force attached to Nellis Air Force (L.V.). He also was called in on the recent tragedy of the Apollo at Cape Kennedy; he flew out the same day, Jan 27th."

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Photograph of Clark townsite auction sale, Las Vegas, May 15-16, 1905

Date

1905-05

Archival Collection

Doris Hancock Photograph Collection

Description

Handwritten text on back of photo: "Auction sale of lots. Clarks Townsite, Las Vegas, Nevada. May 15 & 16th 1905. Tall man in shirt sleeves, standing on platform is C.O. Whittemore, Attorney for Salt Lake R.R. Short man on his left, with broad brim had on, is Ferd K. Rule, Treasurer of Salt Lake R.R. Man on his left with hat on and wearing black neck tie is Frank A. Watters, Roadmaster, Salt Lake R.R. Man with mustache, standing on ground on extreme right is Mr. Towner. (Original owner of Indian Springs Ranch) It was 110 Degrees in the shade of the old mesquite tree where auction took place, between present Freight Depot and Main Street -- near Woodards Down Town Camp. Heavy set man with white mustache standing on the ground is Mark Weight, Mayor of Pasadena California, 1905."

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Photograph of Rotarians Banquet, Las Vegas, March 28, 1941

Date

1941-03-28

Archival Collection

James Cashman Sr. Photograph Collection

Description

The group view of the Las Vegas Men's Group the Charter Member Rotary Club in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Rotarians are attending the Rotarians banquet. Handwritten description on the back of the photo: "Seated (l-r): 1) Sam (S. J.) Lawson 2) Cyril Wengert 3) Walter Bracken 4) ? 5) William Ferron 6) ? 7) Ed W. Clark 8) Bill Pike 9) James Cashman 10) Frank Garside; Standing (l-r): 12) Charles "Pop" Squires 22) Bryan Bunker 24) Lee Ronnow 26) Frank Gusewell 30) M. W. Davis 32) Marion Earl 33) Tom Connely (?) 34) Walter Hunsaker 36) A. W. Blackman 38) E. W. "Ernie" Cragin; Straight count - standing: 6) Mahlon Brown, (under poster) Allye Lawson, Bryan Bunker." I. D. done on 5/8/75 by Ruth Hazard for 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 22, 24, 26, 30, 32, 33, 34, 36, and 38. There is also an additional piece of paper containing more names included with the image.

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Photograph of a congressional delegation visiting the Hoover Dam site, March 13, 1923

Date

1923-03-26

Archival Collection

Charles P. Squires Photograph Collection

Description

Congressional delegation visiting the Hoover Dam site. Photo sleeve includes information from responses to Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper "Help Us Write History" requesting photograph identification. Identified individuals: James Scrugham (1st man on the left) was Governor of Nevada at the time, but more names than actual people in the photograph are listed, so all potentially identified names have been included. Governor James G. Scrugham hosting a delegation from the United States Congress, visiting the site of the proposed Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) in 1923. The photo sleeve includes information from responses to Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper "Help Us Write History" requesting photograph identification. Names were identified from a photo from James Scrugham's collection that was identified by him. The photo was published in the book Jones, Florence Lee and Cahlan, John F. "Water: a history of Las Vegas" Las Vegas [Nev.]: Las Vegas Valley Water District, 1975. UNLV Book

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Photograph of Harold Minsky and Jerry Norman, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1970-1979

Date

1970 to 1979

Archival Collection

Harold Minsky Photograph Collection

Description

Harold Minsky and choreographer Jerry Norman meeting at the Silver Slipper. The Silver Slipper was a casino in Paradise, Nevada that operated from September 1950 to November 29, 1988. The building was designed by architect Martin Stern, Jr. The casino was built on the grounds of the Last Frontier Village of the Hotel Last Frontier, and was originally named the Golden Slipper Saloon and Gambling Hall. On April 30, 1968, the Silver Slipper was purchased by businessman Howard Hughes for $5.4 million in his famous spending spree of buying Vegas properties, which included the Frontier next door. The casino was purchased for $70 million on June 23, 1988 by Margaret Elardi, who by this time owned the Frontier. It was demolished several months later and turned into a parking lot for the Frontier until its closing and demolition in 2007. In 2009, the Silver Slipper sign was restored and is now part of a display of vintage signs in the median along Las Vegas Boulevard North. Site Name: Silver Slipper (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 3100 South Las Vegas Boulevard

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Photograph of Mayor Oran K. Gragson greeting Lawrence Welk as he deplanes after a TWA flight, circa 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Archival Collection

Oran K. Gragson Photographs

Description

Lawrence Welk (left) shakes hands with Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson as he is deplaning from a TWA flight. A sign to the left of the stairs reads "TWA Sky Club Coach." The location where the photograph was taken is unknown. 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. Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992) was an American musician, accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted The Lawrence Welk Show from 1951 to 1982. His style came to be known to his large number of radio, television, and live-performance fans (and critics) as "champagne music".

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Photograph of Mayor Oran K. Gragson and his wife Bonnie attending the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981

Date

1981-01-20

Archival Collection

Oran K. Gragson Photographs

Description

Attending the Inauguration of President Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981. Reagan's Inauguration was the first one held on the West Front of the U. S. Capitol. Standing in front of a large banner are pictured L-R: Las Vegas Mayor Oran Gragson and his wife Bonnie; Ambassador Thomas Aranda and his wife Shirley Gragson Aranda. Shirley Gragson Aranda is Oran and Bonnie Gragson's daughter. In the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph is an insert that reads " Inauguration January 20, 1980 Ronald Reagan 40th President of the United States and George Bush, 43rd Vice-President of the United States." 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.

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