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Postcard showing Scotty's Castle and Death Valley Scotty, Death Valley, California, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
A colored postcard showing an artist's representation of Scotty's Castle, Death Valley Scotty, and a stone covered in petroglyphs in Death Valley, California. Located within the far northern region of Death Valley in Grapevine Canyon, the Death Valley Ranch, more commonly known as Scotty's Castle, is a prime example of Spanish-Mediterranean styling during the Roaring '20s and Depression '30s. Death Valley Scotty, 1872-1954, was a prospector, performer, and con man whose was made famous by his scams involving gold mining near Death Valley. The petroglyph-covered rock beside Death Valley Scotty was designed by Native Americans who inhabited the valley hundreds of years ago. Transcribed across the borders of the image: "Death Valley National Monument, California; Death Valley Scotty And His Castle." The "Frasher's Foto" logo is branded upon the bottom right corner of the postcard.
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Photograph of Hubbard, Cannon, Boyd, and Fleigh at memorial service, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 27, 1961
Date
1961-09-27
Archival Collection
Description
Four men stand at a podium at UNLV for a memorial service for Dag Hammarskjold (Swedish Diplomat and Secretary General of the United Nations who died in a plane crash). The memorial took place at Nevada Southern Univeristy on September 27, 1961; The university is now named Univeristy of Nevada Las Vegas. Identified from left to right: "1. Gen. Boyd Hubbard, Nellis Air Force Base, 2. Nevada Senator Howard Cannon, 3. Sam Boyd, 4. George Fleigh." Site Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Photograph of a group of people at the Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, circa 1955-1960s
Date
1955 (year approximate) to 1960 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
A group of people at the Riviera Hotel. Left to right: unknown, unknown, Dr. Zellhoefer, Helen Berger, Joe Larson, Mayme Stocker, Nadine Ford, and Harold Stocker.
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Photograph of Danny Thomas in costume in the desert, Las Vegas, circa 1950-1960s
Date
1950 (year approximate) to 1969 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
An image of Danny Thomas holding a box marked "Top Secret." The board behind him has the Sands Hotel logo on it.
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Photograph of Shoshone man, early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from the picture, "Shoshone - 2. Shoshone man of the Elko Colony with traditional paint and feathers. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Nevada Historical Society."
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Photograph of Mayor Oran K. Gragson and Vice-President Spiro Agnew, October 20, 1972
Date
1972-10-20
Archival Collection
Description
Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson (left) chats with an unidentified man, while Vice-President Spiro Agnew (second from right) shakes the hand of an unidentified man. 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. Spiro Theodore Agnew (November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996) was an American politician who served as the 39th Vice President of the United States from 1969 to 1973, under President Richard Nixon. Agnew was the second Vice President in United States history to resign, the other being John C. Calhoun, and the only one to do so because of criminal charges. Nearly ten years after leaving office, Agnew paid the state of Maryland nearly $270,000 as a result of a civil suit that stemmed from the bribery allegations.
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Photograph of Ida and Vail Pittman with their dog, Carson City (Nev.), mid-1940s
Date
1943 to 1946
Archival Collection
Description
Ida Louise "Liz" Pittman and Nevada Governor Vail M. Pittman with their dog, probably on the steps of the Nevada Governor's Mansion in Carson City, Nevada. Site Name: Nevada Governor's Mansion (Carson City, Nevada)
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Photograph of a man and boy at a desk in the Delamar Lode newspaper office, Delamar (Nev.), 1900-1925
Date
1898 to 1906
Archival Collection
Description
The Delamar Lode newspaper printing office during the letterpress era. Cast metal sorts, used to construct words for the paper, are in the background at the right. Examples of articles are posted on the wall in the upper left corner. This photograph is attributed to the Fred Steen Collection in Stanley W. Paher's book, Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps, page 300. Mr. Steen, who lived in Delamar around the time of this photograph, moved with his family to Tonopah where he later worked as a mining bookkeeper.
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Postcard of people with sacks of ore at the Florence Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1925
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Caption: The Florence Mine, Goldfield, Nev.
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Photograph of Wilbur Clark constructing a model roulette table, circa late 1940s-mid 1950s
Date
1946 to 1955
Archival Collection
Description
Wilbur Clark using a drill press on a piece of wood, probably at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada. A scale model roulette table can be seen in the lower left of the photograph. Clark designed and tested the gaming tables for his casinos.
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