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Photograph of Dunes Hotel showgirls, Las Vegas, 1955
Date
1955
Archival Collection
Description
Seven showgirls from the Dunes Hotel posing by the hotel's swimming pool soon after its opening in Las Vegas, Nevada. From left to right, the women are Penny Davidson, Billie Nelson, Sherry Klarke, Pat Gautier, Gloria Curtis, Pat O'Conner, and Irene Rainwater.
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Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Herring at the Sands Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, May 21, 1965
Date
1965-05-21
Archival Collection
Description
Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Herring (from San Jose, California) standing in front of the neon Sands marquee sign, which was advertising Danny Thomas, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Herring's won a two-night stay at the Sands through California Retail Jewelrs Association.
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Photograph of Bonnie Gragson, Cary Grant and Eileen Brookman, Las Vegas, 1960
Date
1960
Archival Collection
Description
A photograph taken by Las Vegas News Bureau at a reception in Las Vegas, NV in 1960. The photograph depicts the wife of the former Las Vegas Mayor Oran Gragson -- Bonnie Gragson on the left, the famous actor Cary Grant in the middle and Nevada Assemblywoman Eileen Brookman on the right.
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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 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 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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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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