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Photograph of the Rotary Club traveling by Union Pacific RR and stages, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
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.
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Photograph of the Rotary Club traveling by Union Pacific RR and stages, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Rotary Club members traveling by Union Pacific Railroad and stages. "At Las Vegas Station on UP, 1930's," - Dave Coons.
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Photograph of the Rotary Club traveling by Union Pacific RR and stages, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Rotary Club members traveling by Union Pacific Railroad and stages.
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Photograph of Toni and Wilbur Clark on a CBS-TV show, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 15, 1957
Date
1957-05-15
Archival Collection
Description
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.
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Photograph of Toni and Wilbur Clark on a CBS-TV show, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 15, 1957
Date
1957-05-15
Archival Collection
Description
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.
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Photograph of Liz Pittman, C. P. Squires, and Florence Boyer at the Governor's mansion, Carson City, Nevada, circa 1950
Date
1950
Archival Collection
Description
Left to Right: Mrs. Vail Pittman (Liz), Governor's wife; C. P. "Pop" Squires; and Florence Boyer outside of the Governor's mansion in Carson City.
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Film transparency of an airplane at the Trans World Airlines airport terminal, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
An image of men transporting luggage from the Lindbergh Line airplane at the Trans World Airlines (TWA) airport terminal.
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Photograph of Jim Wilson, his sons, and Walter Bracken at Sandstone Ranch, Nevada, circa November 1904
Date
1904-11
Archival Collection
Description
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.
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Photograph of Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson in a parade on Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1960s
Date
1960 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
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.
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Film transparency of Walker R. Young at the entrance of the Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930-1940
Date
1930 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
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.
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