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Photograph of Frank Sinatra in a space helmet with Jack Entratter, Las Vegas, circa 1957

Date

1957 (year approximate)

Archival Collection

Description

Frank Sinatra, on the left in a space helmet, with Jack Entratter. The "Sandsnik" image in the photograph is a spoof of the Sputnik 1 satellite, launched in October 1957.

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Cunningham, Don

Don Cunningham, Jazz musician and Las Vegas resident was born in 1931 in St. Louis, Missouri. As a child he was heavily influenced by blues and jazz musicians such as BB King, Count Basie, and Ella Fitzgerald. Growing up in St. Louis Cunningham worked shining shoes and cleaning steps going to white neighborhoods working inside taverns. He received saxophone lessons from a family friend and joined the band attending a segregated high school.

Person

Bramlet, Al, 1917-1977

Elmer “Al” Bramlet (1917-1977) was a prominent union leader in Las Vegas, Nevada during the middle of the 20th century. As the union leader of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226, Bramlet made significant contributions to the union and its members. However, Bramlet also amassed various enemies during his time as union leader, which led to his early death in 1977 at the hands of Thomas Hanley.

Person

Rocha, Fernando, 1994-

Coming from Durango and Tijuana, Mexico, Fernando Rocha’s parents met in Los Angeles in the mid-90s. Working in the sheet metal industry, his father’s career would take them to Las Vegas during the boom of the early 2000s to the slot machine industry where they would establish their family in Sunrise Manor. Little did he know that his son would later become a corporate banker working alongside the same industry with Wells Fargo.

Person

Photograph of Danny Thomas and Sheldon Leonard, Las Vegas, circa early 1960s

Date

unspecified year in 196X

Archival Collection

Description

An image of Danny Thomas standing poolside at the Sands Hotel's pool as Sheldon Leonard falls in.

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