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Photograph of Mayor Oran K. Gragson and his wife Bonnie in a parade on Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Archival Collection

Description

Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson and his wife Bonnie wave from a convertible in a parade on Fremont Street at night. They are passing under a rope decorated with garland and paper cartoon railroad cars. Behind their car is the St. James C. Y. Marching Band. Neon signs for several business are visible in the background, including Franklins, Michael's Quality Shoes, Thrifty Drug Store, and part of the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall sign. Oran Kenneth Gragson (February 14, 1911 – October 7, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. He was the longest-serving mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1959 to 1975. Gragson, a member of the Republican Party, was a small business owner who was elected Mayor on a reform platform against police corruption and for equal opportunity for people of all socio-economic and racial categories. Gragson died in a Las Vegas hospice on October 7, 2002, at the age of 91. The Oran K. Gragson Elementary School located at 555 N. Honolulu Street, Las Vegas, NV 89110 was named in his honor.

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Photograph of the parents of Don Schuyler, Sr. and Freda (Humphrey) Schuyler at time of their wedding, Reno, Nevada, June, 1935

Date

1935-06

Description

The parents of Donald Richard Schuyler, Sr. and Freda (Humphrey) Schuyler at time of their wedding. L-R: Emma (Peggy) Marie (Schaefle) Schuyler, William Norton Schuyler, James L. Humphrey (top) and Harriet Humphrey. The photograph was taken alongside the Humphrey house located at 403 Hill Street in Reno.

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Slide of a scene from "Hallelujah Hollywood", MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1970s-1980s

Date

1970 to 1989

Archival Collection

Description

Scene from "Hallelujah Hollywood", MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas.

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Slide of a scene from "Hallelujah Hollywood", MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1970s-1980s

Date

1970 to 1989

Archival Collection

Description

Scene from "Hallelujah Hollywood", MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas.

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Photograph of Milton Berle standing with an unidentified woman, Sands Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Archival Collection

Description

An image of Milton Berle (left) with an unidentified woman.

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Photograph of Milton Berle sitting with an unidentified woman, Sands Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Archival Collection

Description

An image of Milton Berle (left) with an unidentified woman.

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Photograph of Reuben and Blanche Zucker at a WE CAN benefit, Union Plaza Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1984

Date

1984

Description

Dr. Reuben Zucker and Blanche Zucker at the WE CAN "Love Ya Child" benefit at the Union Plaza Hotel, Las Vegas. WE CAN (Working to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect) was a chapter of the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse (later Prevent Child Abuse America). Blanche Zucker was president of WE CAN. Site Name: Union Plaza Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 1 South Main Street

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Photograph of a family in front of a cabin, Goldfield (Nev.), circa 1906-1907

Date

1906 to 1907

Description

Caption: 1949 This picture made 1906 or 1907 unknown now

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Film transparency of the Chamber of Commerce and Area-Wide Committee representatives and others at the Boulder City, Nevada airport April 30, 1952

Date

1952-04-30

Description

The pictured Chamber of Commerce and Area-Wide Committee representatives met undersecretary Richard Searles, Senator Ernest W. McFarland, Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus, and others at the Boulder City, Nevada airport April 30, 1952. From left to right: Max Kelch (chairman of the area-wide committee), Elton M. Garrett (secretary of the area-wide committee), Lillian Collins (secretary of the Boulder City Chamber of Commerce), Earl Brothers, Chester K. Tyree (President of the Boulder City Chamber of Commerce).

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Transcript of interview with Rachel Gibson by Kay Long & Caryll Batt Dziedziak, August 25, 1998

Date

1998-08-25

Description

Rachel Gibson was the granddaughter of Nevada pioneers. Her maternal grandparents, George Rammelkamp and Anna Dougherty, were among the earliest white residents of northern Nevada, settling first in Dayton and later Yerington. Her mother, Clara Angelina, and her two aunts, Elizabeth and Georgie, graduated from the University of Nevada at the turn of the century. Clara taught in Yerington for a number of years before marrying Chase Masterson, a dentist. Rachel was born in 1913 in Yerington. The eldest of three children, she continued the tradition of women’s learning and education that began with her mother’s generation. Her 1930 class was the first to graduate from Las Vegas High School, and soon after Rachel moved to California to attend college. Although her father had counseled her to study law, Rachel chose the field of economics. She received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and worked in San Francisco for one year before returning to complete

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