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Photograph of art works and volunteers, Las Vegas (Nev.), June 17, 1977

Date

1977-06-17

Archival Collection

Nevada Women’s Conference Photograph Collection

Description

Art works and Nevada Women's Conference volunteers. Left to right: unidentified, Peg Bolen, June 17, 1977. Photo is accompanied by a Xerox copy of a newspaper clipping "Help Us Write History; Las Vegas Review Journal, May 30, 1982: Peg Bolen is at right, but who is at left and what is the function? If you know please contact UNLV Special Collections, 739-3252, 9 a.m. -4:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday."

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Photograph of people playing at Fortune Club, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1953 - 1958

Date

1953 to 1958

Archival Collection

Arthur G. Grant Photograph Collection

Description

Patrons playing the machines inside the Fortune Club casino on Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada. The large sign hanging from the ceiling reads: "In the past 12 months the Fortune Club has paid over $1,500,000.00 in jackpots to nearly a quarter million players." Site Name: Fortune Club (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 109 East Fremont Street

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Slide of the Caesars Palace marquee, Las Vegas, 1969

Date

1969

Archival Collection

Marian Honeycutt Photograph Collection

Description

An unidentified woman standing in front of the marque for the Caesars Palace located at 3570 South Las Vegas Boulevard Las Vegas, Nevada. The left side of the marquee reads: "Little Richard, Betty Walker, Terri Rindaldi; Afternoon fun times 2:30 P.M. - 4:30 P.M. Breck Wall & Joe Peterson's Bottoms Up." The right side of the marquee reads: "Sinatra; Jose Greco; Nana Lorca; Pat Henry; Stanley Myron Handelman."

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Photograph of showgirls performing in Lido de Paris at the Stardust Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1977

Date

1977

Archival Collection

Stardust Resort and Casino Records

Description

Showgirls wearing metallic skirts, beaded bras, and tiaras, performing in the Lido de Paris at the Stardust Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. Male dancers in tuxedos can be seen on the stairs behind the women. The number "37781" from the Las Vegas News Bureau is stamped on the back of the photograph.
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino

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Photograph of Regents, Las Vegas, 1950s - 1960s

Date

1950 to 1969

Archival Collection

Archie C. Grant Photograph Collection

Description

A group photo of the Board of Regents at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Seated, the people identified are, from left to right: 1) Unidentified; 2) Bonnie Smotony, Secretary; 3) Neil Humphrey, Chancellor; 4) Jacobson; 5) Paul McDermott; 6) Helen Thompson; and 7) A. C. Grant. Standing, the people identified are, from left to right: 1) Dr. Louis Lombardi; 2) Unidentified; 3) William "Bill" Morris; 4) James Bilbray; 5) Mel Steniger; 6) Molly Knudtsen; and 7) Dr. Fred Anderson.

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Photograph of Laura and Curtis Stewart at Furnace Creek Inn, Death Valley (Calif.), 1949

Date

1949

Archival Collection

Edith Giles Barcus Family Photograph Collection

Description

Married couple Curtis and Laura Stewart pose next to a wooden carriage at the Furnace Creek Inn, Death Valley, California. Written on the back of the photograph, "Spring of 1949. Picture taken at Furnace Creek Ranch. To Edith: Two distinguished people, Curtis and Laura Stewart, who visited Death Valley, Spending night at Furnace Creek Ranch. Visited "Scotty's Castle" and later Mrs. Edith Barcus of Goldfield, Nevada."

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Governor's Conference on Women Records

MS-00349

Abstract

The collection contains programs, organizational records and reports relating to the Governor's Conference on Women held in March 1989 in Carson City, Nevada.

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Photograph of a women at the U-Wah-Un Study Club, Las Vegas, circa 1930s to 1950s

Date

1930 to 1959

Archival Collection

Charles P. Squires Photograph Collection

Description

Description given with photograph: "A group of women at the U-Wah-Un Study Club in Las Vegas, Nevada Ca. 1930s to 1950s. From left to right: Rosalee Burr, Zora Grand, Audrey Hickman, La Verna Whipple, Alice Maret, Arlie Gibson, Jeanetta Ball, Minnie Davison, Ellen Thirah, Mary Hewetson, Myrtle Marble, Virginia Dickerson, Delphine "Mom" Squires, Florence Ellis, W. F. Gilcrest, Louise Peyton, Sam Kuerk, Lottie Wengert, Mrs. Fred Neale, and Francis Farmsworth [or Frances Farnsworth ?]."

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Photograph of Fremont Street from the Union Plaza (Las Vegas), circa 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Archival Collection

Las Vegas News Bureau Photograph Collection

Description

Looking east down Fremont Street from the pool in front of the Union Plaza in the 1970s. Stamp on back of photo: "Las Vegas News Bureau, Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, 25655, Don English, Jim Vorrup, Jerry Abbott, Joe Buck, Gary Angell, Tony King, Milt Palmer, Wolf Wergin, Lee McDonald, Herb Herpolsheimer."
Site Name: Union Plaza
Address: 1 South Main Street

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Frances Farnsworth oral history interview

OH-00562

Abstract

Oral history interview with Frances Farnsworth conducted by an unknown collector on May 27, 1982 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Farnsworth discusses her role as a founding member of the Mesquite Club in Las Vegas, Nevada. Farnsworth also discusses how members would go out to the community and recruit women to join the club.

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