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Photograph of Virginia Page, Miss Las Vegas, Sands Hotel, June 2, 1957

Date

1957-06-02

Archival Collection

Description

Nineteen year old Virginia Page from Brighton, England, winner of Meet Me In Las Vegas contest. Page, as Miss Las Vegas, won a trip to Las Vegas for a week starting June 2, 1957. Here she can be seen wearing a white bathing suit, a sash, and a crown. From left to right, the people standing in the picture include Bob Ottaway, Charles Goldsmith, Virginia Page (Miss Las Vegas), Glen Cradely (Trans World Airlines), and Yolande Donlan (Chairman of the panel of judges for the contest).

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Photographic negatives of Helen J. Stewart's gardens and basket collection

Date

1868 (year uncertain) to 1926 (year uncertain)

Archival Collection

Description

Photographic negatives of Helen J. Stewart's gardens and basket collection

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Photo Album

Date

1869 (year uncertain) to 1940 (year uncertain)

Archival Collection

Description

An album containing family photos. A mining claim belonging to Evaline Stay, dated June 25, 1933, is also included.

Mixed Content

National Organization for Women artwork and ephemera, 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Archival Collection

Description

Zine, artwork, and magazine for the National Organization for Women (NOW).

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Kathy Werstein and parents pictured outside Desert Inn Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints

Date

1994 (year uncertain) to 1996 (year uncertain)

Description

From the Las Vegas: Snapshots of History Photograph Collection (PH-00425)

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Ramona Leon pictured with lion at MGM Reno, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1970 (year approximate) to 1979 (year approximate)

Description

From the Las Vegas: Snapshots of History Photograph Collection (PH-00425)

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Ramona Leon (pictured in pink boa headpiece) and unidentified woman, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1961 (year approximate) to 1979 (year approximate)

Description

From the Las Vegas: Snapshots of History Photograph Collection (PH-00425)

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Unidentified tourist on Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1961 (year approximate) to 1963 (year approximate)

Description

From the Las Vegas: Snapshots of History Photograph Collection (PH-00425)

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Portrait of an unidentified woman

Date

1869 (year uncertain) to 1899 (year uncertain)

Archival Collection

Description

Portrait of an unidentified woman

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Transcript of interview with Joan Massagli by Claytee White, August 19, 2010

Date

2010-08-19

Description

Joan Massagli spent her childhood in the Tacoma, Washington area, singing three-part harmony—a member of a musically talented family that included five children and an aunt and uncle who raised all the kids to enjoy music. By high school in the early 1950s, she and her two older sisters were regulars on a local TV show. In 1956, the Sawyer Sisters act was formed and they were soon obtaining regular gigs in Las Vegas. Their popularity continued form 1957 to 1964 and they played many of the major hotels, usually as a warm up act for headliners that includes a list of names such as Roy Clark, Louis Prima, Shecky Greene, and Delia Reece. At first the Sawyer Sisters included older sister Nanette Susan and Joan. When Nanette quit to raise her family, youngest sister Kate stepped into what was called a "lively and lovely" trio. Joan met her future husband and musician Mark Tully Massagli, while performing in the early 1960s. Caring for ailing parents while working mostly in Las Vegas, the couple made Vegas home. Even after the Sawyer Sisters name faded from the Strip's marquees, Las Vegas remained home to the Massagli's, who raised their children here. Today they live in the Blue Diamond Village area and recall the changes that have occurred on the Las Vegas Strip—especially from an entertainer's point of view.

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