Crowds watch as women in costumes pose on top of an unidentified float in the Helldorado Parade as it drives down Fremont Street in front of the Westerner Gambling Hall during the year 1948 or 1949. Written on the side of the float are the names: "Cole Porter", "Irving Berlin", and "Bing Crosby". Site Name: Westerner Gambling Hall and Saloon (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 23 Fremont Street

Portrait of Elinor (Nora) Horden

Last Frontier parade float with Abe Lincoln seated and a woman in a dress on top. The Hotel Last Frontier was named as such from 1942-1955. This is possibly the Helldorado Days festival parade.

A parade float with people standing on it and a backdrop that reads, "Ramona" is pulled by a car with a sign that reads "Hairgrove Drilling Co." on the front. This is possibly the Helldorado Days festival parade.

Women in bathing suits ride on a parade float. There is a flag on the front with a picture of a stag that reads: "I.S.P G.E.N Las Vegas Nevada." This is possibly the Helldorado Days festival parade.

Women in bathing suits sit on a parade float with the words "Nevada's First Atomic Bomb" written on the side and a fake mushroom cloud behind them. The first atomic detonation at the Nevada test site was January 27, 1951. This is possibly the Helldorado Days festival parade.

L to R: Rex Jarrett, K.O. Knudson, unidentified, Mrs. Isabelle Blackman, and unidentified at an American Legion gathering in Las Vegas.