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Photograph of board meeting, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

El Rancho Vegas corporate board members sit around table for a meeting. Site Name: El Rancho Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of woman in parking lot of Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1954

Date

1954

Description

Woman stands in the grass next to parked cars at the Sahara Hotel. The hotel's marquee sign is visible just behind her. The woman is unidentified but wears a dress with pockets and heels. Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Postcard of woman posing in front of slot machines at Nevada Club, Las Vegas (Nev.), November 25, 1961

Date

1961-11-25

Description

Promotional postcard for the Nevada Club of Las Vegas, stamped Nov. 25, 1961. The same woman from Image 0151 0002, pho025027 is standing in front of small slot machines atop a bar table. She is wearing an evening dress, furs, and pearls. Site Name: Nevada Club (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of performers at a festival, (Mex.), 1900-1920

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

Mexican festival dancers in the city streets. Dancers wear head ornaments or masks. Inscription reads: "This only shows the clown who has a face of an evil spirit, also the boy child who has to be dressed as a girl to represent no sex."

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Photograph of festival dancers, (Mex.), 1900-1920

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

Mexican festival dancers wear large headresses made of flowers. Behind them, a man stands on a large metal structure.

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Photograph of indigenous dancers, Guadalajara (Mex.), 1900-1915

Date

1900 to 1915

Description

Indigenous people of Guadalajara, Mexico pose for a picture wearing their dancing costumes and headdresses. Some people hold flags and instruments.

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Photograph of woman in front of joshua trees, (Nev.), 1920-1940

Date

1920 to 1940

Description

Unidentified woman wearing Native American shawl stands in front of the Joshua trees in the desert.

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Photograph of Kate Lenfield, 1890s

Date

1890 to 1899

Description

Kate Lenfield, mother of Anne and Edwin Scofield Giles. Inscription reads: "Ever truly your friend. Kate Lenfield. Mother of Ed & Anne Giles."

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Photograph of Anne Giles, Stamford (Conn.), June 1896

Date

1896

Description

June 1896, Anne Giles, Ed's sister. Anne Cotnam Giles. (Mrs. Guilford Dudley - Stamford - Conn. 1896 -)* *Words in parenthesis likely photo credits.

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Photograph of a H.M. Corliss and Edith Warren Corliss, (Nev.), 1910

Date

1910

Description

H.M. Corliss and his daughter, Edith Warren Corliss (Giles).

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