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Photograph of Indian Springs from the hill behind it

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1940 (year approximate)

Description

Three men on horses looking over Indian Springs

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Photograph of Hal March and Candy Toxton, Hoover Dam, 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Actors Hal March and Candy Toxton with their dog on a visit to the Hoover Dam.

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Photograph of Hugh M. Hefner and Jack Entratter at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, December 31, 1968

Date

1968-12-31

Description

Hugh M. Hefner (left), the editor and publisher of "Playboy Magazine," with Jack Entratter (right) at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas Nevada. Printed across the bottom of the image: "Hugh M. Hefner, editor and publisher of Playboy Magazine. (left) pix taken @ New Year 1969 (old year) '68." Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

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Photograph of James L. Buchanan, Lilly Fong, and Judith Eaton, probably Las Vegas, circa 1979

Date

1979

Description

L-R: James L. "Bucky" Buchanan, Lilly Fong, with Judith Eaton, President of Clark County Community College. (Buchanan and Fong were members of the Board of Regents.)

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Photograph of Paul Newman, Joanne Woodard, and Beldon Katleman, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1958

Date

1958

Description

Paul Newman, Joanne Woodard, and Beldon Katleman cutting the Newmans' wedding cake.

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Photograph of Frank Jean, Iowa, circa 1915

Date

1915

Description

Mabelle's husband Frank Jean at 35 years old poses for his portrait.

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Congregation Ner Tamid Scrapbook, 1974-1988

Date

1974 to 1988

Archival Collection

Description

This scrapbook documents the early years of Congregation Ner Tamid through the 1980s with newspaper clippings, photographs, and ephemera.

Mixed Content

Photograph of Walter Bracken inside the post office, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1908

Date

1908

Description

Walter Bracken stands inside the Las Vegas Post Office, which had been moved to the interior of the First State Bank on Fremont Street in 1907. Bracken served as Las Vegas' postmaster from 1904-1914. Pigeon holes containing sorted mail surround the room. Desks, stools and office equipment, including a postage scale, are seen. Calendars hang from the wall and electric lights hang from the ceiling.
Caption: Post Office, Las Vegas, 1908
Site Name: United States Post Office and Court House

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Photograph of people at the pavilion during Clark's Las Vegas townsite sale, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905

Date

1905

Description

An auction held May 15-16, 1905 to sell lots within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite. A group of men and women stand on and around a covered wooden platform outdoors. The auctioneer stands to the left of center at the front of the platform. The decision to auction lots within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite was not made until May 10, 1905. Auctioneer C.O. Whittemore was the president of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company.

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Photograph of Thanksgiving banquet at the Holland Hotel, Pioneer (Nev.),November 24, 1911

Date

1911-11-24

Description

Thanksgiving banquet at the Holland Hotel, Pioneer, Nevada, November 24, 1911
Caption: Handwritten in bottom margin of photograph:"Mrs. O'Brien at head of table. C W Thomas 2nd on right." Caption handwritten below photograph: "Thanksgiving banquet, Pioneer Hotel,Pioneer, Nevada, November 1911." The hotel was the Holland Hotel, in Pioneer, Nevada. It was managed by Mr. & Mrs. J. D. O'Brien at the time. Charles W. Thomas became the postmaster of Pioneer, Nevada in October 1911.
Site Name: Holland Hotel (Pioneer, Nev.)

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