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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

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

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

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

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

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