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Photograph of Death Valley Scotty at a bar, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1934-1954

Date

1934 to 1954

Description

Walter E. Scott, also known as "Death Valley Scotty," smokes a cigar at a bar and talks to an unidentified man to the right. An unidentified woman sits on his other side. The location is unidentified but probably Las Vegas, Nevada. Slot machines and other people can be seen in the background.

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Photograph of Mayor Oran K. Gragson attending the groundbreaking for a new research facility for EG&G, May, 1963

Date

1963-05

Archival Collection

Description

Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson attending the groundbreaking for a new research facility for Edgerton, Germeshausen & Grier (EG&G), May 1963. Pictured L-R: U. S. Nevada Senator Howard Cannon, U. S. Nevada Senator Alan Bible, Herbert E. Grier (?), and Las Vegas Mayor Oran Gragson (far right). The sign behind them reads "New Research Facility for Edgerton, Gereshausen & Grier Airport Industrial Tract Development of E. Parry Thomas-Jerry Mack and Haas-Haynie Corp." 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. Howard Walter Cannon (January 26, 1912 – March 5, 2002) was an American politician. He served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1959 until 1983 as a member of the Democratic Party. In 1956, Cannon ran for the United States House of Representatives to succeed Republican incumbent Clarence Clifton Young, who ran for the U.S. Senate, but lost the Democratic primary to former Congressman Walter Baring, who then won the general election. In 1958, he was elected to the United States Senate, unseating Republican Senator George W. Malone with 58% of the vote.. Cannon was nearly defeated in his first re-election bid in 1964, holding off Republican Lieutenant Governor Paul Laxalt in one of the closest Senate elections ever. Alan Harvey Bible (November 20, 1909 – September 12, 1988) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1954 to 1974. He previously served as Attorney General of Nevada from 1942 to 1950. In 1952, Bible was narrowly defeated for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate, losing to political newcomer Thomas B. Mechling by 475 votes. However, after the death of Senator McCarran in September 1954, Bible was elected to the Senate the following November to fill the remainder of McCarran's term. He defeated Republican Ernest S. Brown, who had been appointed to McCarran's seat by Governor Charles H. Russell, by a margin of 58%-42%. He was reelected in 1956, 1962, and again in 1968 and represented Nevada in the United States Senate from December 2, 1954, until his resignation on December 17, 1974. During his time in the United States Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia (Eighty-fifth through Ninetieth Congresses), the Joint Committee on Washington Metropolitan Problems (Eighty-fifth and Eighty-sixth Congresses), and the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Small Business (Ninety-first through Ninety-third Congresses). He is buried in Reno, Nevada.

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Photograph of Mayor Oran K. Gragson attending the groundbreaking for a new research facility for EG&G, May, 1963

Date

1963-05

Archival Collection

Description

Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson attending the groundbreaking for a new research facility for Edgerton, Germeshausen & Grier (EG&G), May 1963. Pictured L-R: U. S. Nevada Senator Howard Cannon, U. S. Nevada Senator Alan Bible, Herbert E. Grier (?), and Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson. The sign behind them reads "New Research Facility for Edgerton, Gereshausen & Grier Airport Industrial Tract Development of E. Parry Thomas-Jerry Mack and Haas-Haynie Corp." 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. Howard Walter Cannon (January 26, 1912 – March 5, 2002) was an American politician. He served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1959 until 1983 as a member of the Democratic Party. In 1956, Cannon ran for the United States House of Representatives to succeed Republican incumbent Clarence Clifton Young, who ran for the U.S. Senate, but lost the Democratic primary to former Congressman Walter Baring, who then won the general election. In 1958, he was elected to the United States Senate, unseating Republican Senator George W. Malone with 58% of the vote.. Cannon was nearly defeated in his first re-election bid in 1964, holding off Republican Lieutenant Governor Paul Laxalt in one of the closest Senate elections ever. Alan Harvey Bible (November 20, 1909 – September 12, 1988) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1954 to 1974. He previously served as Attorney General of Nevada from 1942 to 1950. In 1952, Bible was narrowly defeated for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate, losing to political newcomer Thomas B. Mechling by 475 votes. However, after the death of Senator McCarran in September 1954, Bible was elected to the Senate the following November to fill the remainder of McCarran's term. He defeated Republican Ernest S. Brown, who had been appointed to McCarran's seat by Governor Charles H. Russell, by a margin of 58%-42%. He was reelected in 1956, 1962, and again in 1968 and represented Nevada in the United States Senate from December 2, 1954, until his resignation on December 17, 1974. During his time in the United States Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia (Eighty-fifth through Ninetieth Congresses), the Joint Committee on Washington Metropolitan Problems (Eighty-fifth and Eighty-sixth Congresses), and the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Small Business (Ninety-first through Ninety-third Congresses). He is buried in Reno, Nevada.

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Photograph of Mayor Oran K. Gragson attending the groundbreaking for a new research facility for EG&G, May, 1963

Date

1963-05

Archival Collection

Description

Mayor Oran K. Gragson attending the groundbreaking for a new research facility for Edgerton, Germeshausen & Grier (EG&G), May 1963. Pictured are U. S. Nevada Senator Howard Cannon (3rd from left), U. S. Nevada Senator Alan Bible (4th from left), and Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson (far right). The sign behind them reads "New Research Facility for Edgerton, Gereshausen & Grier Airport Industrial Tract Development of E. Parry Thomas-Jerry Mack and Haas-Haynie Corp." 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. Howard Walter Cannon (January 26, 1912 – March 5, 2002) was an American politician. He served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1959 until 1983 as a member of the Democratic Party. In 1956, Cannon ran for the United States House of Representatives to succeed Republican incumbent Clarence Clifton Young, who ran for the U.S. Senate, but lost the Democratic primary to former Congressman Walter Baring, who then won the general election. In 1958, he was elected to the United States Senate, unseating Republican Senator George W. Malone with 58% of the vote.. Cannon was nearly defeated in his first re-election bid in 1964, holding off Republican Lieutenant Governor Paul Laxalt in one of the closest Senate elections ever. Alan Harvey Bible (November 20, 1909 – September 12, 1988) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1954 to 1974. He previously served as Attorney General of Nevada from 1942 to 1950. In 1952, Bible was narrowly defeated for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate, losing to political newcomer Thomas B. Mechling by 475 votes. However, after the death of Senator McCarran in September 1954, Bible was elected to the Senate the following November to fill the remainder of McCarran's term. He defeated Republican Ernest S. Brown, who had been appointed to McCarran's seat by Governor Charles H. Russell, by a margin of 58%-42%. He was reelected in 1956, 1962, and again in 1968 and represented Nevada in the United States Senate from December 2, 1954, until his resignation on December 17, 1974. During his time in the United States Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia (Eighty-fifth through Ninetieth Congresses), the Joint Committee on Washington Metropolitan Problems (Eighty-fifth and Eighty-sixth Congresses), and the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Small Business (Ninety-first through Ninety-third Congresses). He is buried in Reno, Nevada.

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Photograph of several unidentified men standing next to a boat at the Sands Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, June 1960

Date

1960-06

Archival Collection

Description

Several unidentified men standing next to a boat in front of the neon Sands marquee sign in Las Vegas, Nevada. The boat was out front for a Colombia River promotion. The lettering on the boat reads, "Anchor Boat Co Mercury." The Sands marquee sign was advertising Red Skelton and Brascia and Tybee.

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Photograph of several unidentified men standing next to a boat at the Sands Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, June 1960

Date

1960-06

Archival Collection

Description

Several unidentified men standing next to a boat in front of the neon Sands marquee sign in Las Vegas, Nevada. The boat was out front for a Colombia River promotion. The lettering on the boat indicates that it was from North Fork, Idaho. The Sands marquee sign was advertising Red Skelton and Brascia and Tybee.

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Photograph of "The Gang" at Ronzone's Department Store, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1940s -1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

A group photograph of "The Gang" or "Mob" at Ronzone's Department Store in Las Vegas, Nevada. Handwritten description provided on back of image: "L - R: 1) Sam Diamond 2) Gus Greenbaum 3) Willy Alderman 4) Davie Berman 5) Jack Prcras (sp?) 6) "Bowser" Joe Rosenberg 7) Sam Belkin 8) Ed Barrick 9) Sam Prcras (sp?)."

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Photograph of Eva Sutherland, Ann Brewington and others, University of Chicago, Chicago (Ill.), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

L-R, front row: Eva Sutherland, asisstant to the Dean of the School of Business, and Ann Brewington, School of Business instructor, both of the University of Chicago, pose with three unidentified people in Haskell Hall, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Brewington was a sister-in-law of Nevada Governor Vail M. Pittman.

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Scrapbook for Mark Fine, 1985-1993

Date

1985 to 1993

Archival Collection

Description

This scrapbook documents the professional career of Mark Fine in real estate development in the 1980s, and includes photographs and ephemera of his work on the master planned community of Green Valley with the American Nevada Corporation. Personal ephemera include documents for the Fine children's school programs and a photograph of Mark Fine with Col. Doron Izraeli, the military attache for the Israeli Embassy.

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Photograph of Leonard "Swede" Ohrn at Town Barbecue, November 19, 1931

Date

1931-11-19

Description

Leonard "Swede" Ohrn seated at the counter of the Town Barbecue, probably in Las Vegas, Nevada. His delivery truck crashed through the wall behind him (while he was eating) after it was struck by another car. For more information, see news article on reverse of photo board.

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