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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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Byrd Wall Sawyer Collection

Identifier

MS-00316

Abstract

The Byrd Wall Sawyer Collection primarily consists of Byrd's research files on Nevada from 1930 to 1970. The materials concentrate on her monograph, "Nevada Nomads," as well as her co-authored textbook, "Here is Nevada." The collection also includes speeches, journal articles, memos, research note cards and papers, correspondence, informational booklets and pamphlets, maps, photographs, audiovisual materials, and newspaper articles and clippings.

Archival Collection

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

Two women and a man seated at a table in a restaurant (unidentified): photographic print

Date

1880 to 1979

Description

Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Two women and a man seated (all unidentified) at a table in a restaurant at an unknown location

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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).

Text

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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Photograph of Boulder City Elementary School teachers and faculty, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Group photograph of Boulder City (Nevada) Elementary School teachers and faculty. Front row, L-R: unknown woman, Emma Wood, Cecelia Thomas, Dorothy Johnson, Mabel Arnold, Edna French, Mae Hale. Second row: Nell Jones, Merle Lyon, Catherine Keese, Addie Heddens, Ada Robeson, Eileen Conners, Marian Sutherland, Paula Donlin. Third row: Andrew Mitchell, Lee Norman, Cal Smith, unknown woman, Evelyn Childress, unknown woman, Violet Muchow, Catherine Willis, Louise Newell, Marge Wallon, Virginia Arp, Thelma Parmelee, Neosha Norman, Rebecca Nalley.

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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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