Group of people posing next to the first mail plane to arrive in Las Vegas (the Western Air Express). Handwritten note on back of photo: "Arrival of first mail plane (Western Air Express) Las Vegas -- Year(?) Left to right: Dick Evans, his wife Helen, Mrs. Hancock, Doris Hancock, Myrtle Morstad (Mrs. Ray Smith).
Doris Hancock retirement dinner. June 3, 1963. Handwritten note in photo sleeve: “Retirement dinner party for me in late May or Early June 1963. Hosted by The Sahara Hotel. Milton Prell stockholder in the hotel, photographed with me. Many years before I had his little daughter Sheila." Photo was also accompanied by a Sahara Hotel photo sleeve.
Nineteen year old Virginia Page from Brighton, England, winner of Meet Me In Las Vegas contest. Page, as Miss Las Vegas, won a trip to Las Vegas for a week starting June 2, 1957. She can be seen standing second from the left with three other unidentified people. They are all wearing pajamas.
Entertainer Bob Hope, as photographed in 1967. The location where the photograph was taken is unknown. Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope, (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), was an English-born American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, dancer, athlete, and author. With a career spanning nearly 80 years, Hope appeared in over 70 films and shorts, including a series of "Road" movies co-starring Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. In addition to hosting the Academy Awards fourteen times (more than any other host), he appeared in many stage productions and television roles and was the author of fourteen books. The song "Thanks For the Memory" is widely regarded as Hope's signature tune. Celebrated for his long career performing United Service Organizations (USO) shows to entertain active service American military personnel—he made 57 tours for the USO between 1941 and 1991—Hope was declared an honorary veteran of the United States Armed Forces in 1997 by act of the U.S. Congress. Hope participated in the sports of golf and boxing, and owned a small stake in his hometown baseball team, the Cleveland Indians. He was married to performer Dolores Hope (née DeFina) for 69 years. Hope died at age 100 at his home in Toluca Lake, California.
This photo was taken on the occasion of a birthday party given for Mr. and Mrs. Ed Von Tobel. Standing left to right (are) Mrs. Ed Von Tobel, Ed Von Tobel, Sr., A.D. Hinrichsen, who worked for the Von Tobels for 44 years, and Ed Von Tobel, Jr. Ed Von Tobel, Sr. lived to be 94 and Mrs. Von Tobel lived to be 88.
Nineteen year old Virginia Page from Brighton, England, winner of Meet Me In Las Vegas contest. Page, as Miss Las Vegas, won a trip to Las Vegas for a week starting June 2, 1957. She can be seen standing in a white fringe dress in the center of the photograph between two other formally dressed yet unidentified individuals.
Crowded interior view of the Las Vegas Club at its original location. Transcribed from original: "The Las Vegas Club has all standard games, and last year put the first turtle derby, at pari mutuel [sic] betting ever staged in Nevada." Site Name: Las Vegas Club Address: 18 East Fremont Street
The view of three unidentified gentlemen standing by a waterfall that splashes into the Colorado River located in the rocky Grand Canyon. Located in Arizona, the Grand Canyon was carved by erosion from the Colorado River, which resultantly left the canyon an estimated 277 miles long, a mile deep, and up to 18 miles wide. Today, about two billion years of geological history has been exposed at the canyon.
A portrait of Louis Wiener, Jr. Louis Wiener, Jr., Valerie Wiener?s father, arrived in Las Vegas, NV, in 1931. He, like his daughter, graduated from Las Vegas High School. After graduating from the University of California/Berkeley Boalt School of Law, Louis practiced law in Las Vegas for 55 years until the day he died in 1996.
Longtime Las Vegas broadcaster Robert D. "Bob" Fisher works during the taping of his weekly radio show "America's Diabetes Hour" broadcast from the Beasley Group's 2920 S Durango Drive location on KDWN AM 720. Fisher came to Las Vegas in 1992 to become the founding president and CEO of the Nevada Broadcasters Association (NVBA). He held that position for 22 years.