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Photograph of Toni Clark, Fern Kozloff, Louise Gibson, Jessie Neary, Evelyn Roen and other women, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa late 1940s-1950s

Date

1945 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

L-R, clockwise: Fern Kozloff, unidentified, Louise Gibson, Mrs. Bob Stocking (wife of Desert Inn Hotel Manager Bob Stocking), Jessie Neary, Evelyn Roen, Toni Clark, unidentified. They are seated around cocktail tables. Site Name: Desert Inn (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Clarabelle Decker Papers

Identifier

MS-00258

Abstract

The Clarabelle Decker Papers (1926-1980) reflect the varied career of Clarabelle Decker as a teacher, librarian, and writer who worked in Nevada, Northern Arizona, and Southern California. Materials include Decker's writings and other published works, including books, booklets, poetry, as well as teaching aids, a grammar guide, posters, and fliers. Teaching materials primarily date from 1926 to 1952, while her library and writing materials date from 1954 to 1980.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Colonel H. J. Gavin, his wife Doris Gavin, and Major General Gordon F. Blood at a dinner for the 474th Tactical Fighter Wing, Dunes Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 11, 1971

Date

1971-06-11

Description

Col. Herbert J. Gavin, wearing dress uniform, speaks at a banquet for the 474th Tactical Fighter Wing (Nellis AFB) at the Dunes Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. Left to right: Doris Gavin (wife of Col. Gavin); Maj. Gen. Gordon F. Blood; guest speaker; Col. Herbert J. Gavin.

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Photograph of a group in covered wagon at Round Valley

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Photograph of a group in covered wagon at Round Valley

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Newspaper clipping of Emma (Peggy) Marie (Schaefle) Schuyler (2nd from right), participating in a donation to the Variety School for Handicapped Children of Clark County, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1952

Date

1952

Description

Newspaper photo, Emma (Peggy) Marie (Schaefle) Schuyler (2nd from right), participating in a donation to the Variety School for Handicapped Children of Clark County. Other ladies named under photo. Mrs. Thalia Dondero is wife of Harvey Dondero, who was a roomer at the Schuylers' home and became prominent in the Las Vegas school system. Thalia was elected as the first female Clark County Commissioner in 1974, and Harvey Dondero was honored with an Elementary school being named after him.

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Photograph of Dunes Hotel golf tournament, Las Vegas, November 1971

Date

1971-11

Archival Collection

Description

Sammy Davis, Jr., far right, playing golf in the Dunes Hotel golf tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Lena Carl Stewart with a rifle and a dog near a creek: photograph

Date

1900 to 1925

Archival Collection

Description

Lena Carl Stewart holding a rifle, and a dog with a duck in its mouth, by a creek on an unidentified property, probably the Las Vegas Ranch.

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Photograph of Ruth McGonagill and an infant in front of a tent, Silverbow (Nev.), 1904

Date

1904

Description

Ruth McGonagill and a neighbor's baby at tent house with pipe from milk can stove. The family lived here, in the Kawich Range, from about September 1904 through March 1905. (This camp was called Wheaton and was a couple miles up the gully from Silver Bow, Nevada)

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Photograph of Spencer Tracy and Laraine Day, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Actors Spencer Tracy and Laraine Day pictured at an unknown special event.

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Photograph of a group of people at the Florence Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1904

Date

1904

Description

Inscription on back reads; "Florence Mine at Goldfield Nevada-owned by Tom Lockhart the father of his infatuated daughter 1904."

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