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Photograph of Valerie Wiener, Jeanne Baret, and Brenda Erdoes, 2011
Date
2011
Archival Collection
Description
During Senator Valerie Wiener?s eighth and final legislative session in 2011, she honors Jeanne Baret, her legislative assistant, on Jeanne?s 75th birthday. During that session, Senator Wiener served as the first female Assistant Majority Leader. Also celebrating Jeanne?s birthday is Brenda Erdoes, Legal Counsel for the Nevada Legislature.
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Photograph of Death Valley Scotty at a bar, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1934-1954
Date
1934 to 1954
Archival Collection
Description
Walter E. Scott, also known as "Death Valley Scotty," smokes a cigar at a bar with an arm around 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 Linda A. Bos, Miss Publicity, at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, circa 1958-1959
Date
1958 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Linda A. Bos standing on the stairs of a diving board at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Linda A. Bos, also known as Miss Publicity, was from Charles City, Iowa where she was the Iowa Homecoming Queen. She was at the Sands Hotel with other beauty pageant winners.
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Photograph of members of the Sarno family with members of the Rogers family, late 1970s
Date
1977 to 1979
Archival Collection
Description
Jay Sarno (seated at table at center) with members of the Rogers family of philanthropists of Beaumont, Texas. The Rogers Brothers (Victor, Ben, Nate and Sol) helped Sarno build Circus Circus in Las Vegas, Nevada. Standing behind them are Sarno's children, Freddie, Heidi, Jay C. (Jay, Jr.) and September.
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Photograph of people at a dinner party, Las Vegas, circa 1940-1950s
Date
1940 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Left to right: Charlie Fairlamb (lawyer and partner in Colorado), Mrs. Theresa (Geraldine's mother), Sklyer Fairlamb (Charlie Fairlamb's son), Charlie's daughter, Mayme Stocker, Charlie's mother, and Geraldine Stocker at a dinner probably in Mayme Stocker's home in Las Vegas, Nevada Ca. 1940-1950's
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Photograph of female dancers performing in Lido de Paris at the Stardust Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1950-1959
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Showgirls wearing sequined costumes with asymmetrical fur coats and cone-shaped hats with feathers performing in the Lido de Paris at the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino
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Photograph of showgirls performing in the Lido de Paris at the Stardust Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1972
Date
1972
Archival Collection
Description
Showgirls wearing beaded bikinis with crepe trains and large headdresses decorated with cherry blossoms performing in the Lido de Paris at the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino
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Photograph of Ann Brewington on her 100th birthday, July 22, 1989
Date
1989-07-22
Archival Collection
Description
Ann E. Brewington at a reception on July 22, 1989 to commemorate her 100th birthday. The rocking chair in which she is seated, and the floral arrangement, were gifts from the University of Chicago, where she taught in the School of Business. Brewington was a sister-in-law of Nevada Governor Vail M. Pittman.
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Photograph of celebrities at the Dunes Hotel, Las Vegas, circa 1955
Date
1954 to 1956
Archival Collection
Description
Description provided with image: "Celebrities relax by the Dunes Hotel pool in Las Vegas, Nevada. Front row, second from left: Tab Hunter; second from right: Lori Nelson; far right; Hugh O'Brian. Second row, left: Marla English. Back row, right: Jeff Hunter."
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Photograph of people at an unidentified event at a Las Vegas school, circa 1930s to 1950s
Date
1930 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photograph: "An event at a school in Las Vegas, Nevada. From left to right: Mrs. C.P. Squires, Mrs. W.B. Mundy, [?], K. O. Knudson (in the back), V. Gray Gubler, (Later Exalted Ruler of the Las Vegas Elks in 1968), Leslie Smith, Dr. J. D. Smith's son, and Mrs. Mina Stewart."
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