Back of Aladdin Hotel postcard. Writing to the left reads "The WORLD FAMOUS ALADDIN HOTEL takes its place among the topmost Las Vegas Hotels with its magnificent new 20-story tower, three great showplaces including the 7,500 seat theater for the Performing Arts, eight colorful internationally styled restaurants, a rooftop sundeck, and tennis courts and a wide range of other inviting facilities." Postcard is not addressed to anyone but is dated June 27, 1981, arriving at 9:12 P.M.
One of the women in this photograph, stage name Elizabeth Shelly, real name Elizabeth Jean Woollett (born 1928, died 2014), was identified by her daughter, Rozzy. Rozzy also shared the following information: "this was a Donn Arden avant guard production on stage, an unusual one off for my mum - she spoke highly of Donn. She loved her days as a Bluebell Girl - she was a classically trained ballet dancer initially trained locally with Miss Hawkins and went on to train with Judith Espinosa. Elizabeth was a Bluebell Girl for 2 years (1952– 53) before she married in 1955."
Photograph in upper left corner of this page is captioned "Hager's baby, Japan, 1906." Photograph in center of upper row is captioned "A.L. Hager, 1903." Photograph in upper right corner is captioned "Senator Tillman's castle, Yonkers, N.Y., 1906." Photograph in lower left corner is captioned "Black Hills, Dakota." Photograph in center of bottom row is captioned "Black Hills 1907." Photograph in lower right corner is captioned "Pasadena 1907-1908."
Photograph in upper left corner of this page is captioned "Utah copper 'cropping' 1906." Photograph in lower left corner is captioned "Utah copper ore bins 1906." Photograph in upper right corner is captioned "Bingham 1906" and shows two men in a carriage in front of street signs advertising the Bingham Photo Studio, the Butte Saloon, and the Bingham Mercantile Co.
Photograph in lower right of this page is captioned"R.B. Gray, Heber [City], Utah, 14 July [19]12." Photograph in upper left corner shows damage to buildings in a business district, including O. Edstrom Harness & Shoe Repairing. Photograph in upper right corner shows metal debris, possibly an overturned railroad car.
Photograph in lower left corner of page shows miners underground moving hand-held light sources to create circles of light in a prolonged photographic exposure, a technique called light painting.
Photograph in upper left shows the railyard in downtown Las Vegas, circa 1910s, including the Las Vegas Ice and Manufacturing Company building and other structures. One building says F. I. Kremer, Furniture on its roof. The photograph in the lower left shows Anna Bracken with her dogs on the porch of the Las Vegas Ranch house. The photograph in the lower right shows men with the first artesian well in Las Vegas Valley at the Taylor Ranch.
All photos on this page are dated 1910 and have handwritten descriptions: Head of Echo Cañon (?); Reese's Ranch, Coalville, Utah; Rich Co. Utah; Round up, Rich Co.; Wimmer Ranch; Round up, Rich Co. Utah; House at Dickens (?) Ranch; Wimmer Ranch Sept. 1910; Back of W.R.B's [Walter R. Bracken] house, Las Vegas.
Photograph in center of upper row identified as "Moapa, Nev., 30 Aug. 1910;" photograph in upper right corner identified as "Tooele, Utah, Apr. 1909;" photograph at right of center row identified as "Tooele, Utah Apr. 1909;" photograph in center of bottom row identified as "Garfield Utah, May 1909;" photogtraph in lower right corner identified as Tooele [Utah]. Photograph in center of middle row shows people outside of the Tooele Improvement Co. Office building. Other photographs taken in Tooele, Utah.