Nathaniel V. Jones, envoy for Brigham Young, was sent to the Mormon fort in Las Vegas in 1856 to develop lead mines near Mount Potosi.

Ray Mosbach [or Roy Mosbach] holding a baby identified as "Earl." The baby may actually be Leon Rockwell, Jr.

Black and white picture of people and train at the Las Vegas Station.

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.

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.

An image of Danny Thomas holding a box marked "Top Secret." The board behind him has the Sands Hotel logo on it.

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.