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Film negative of Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 21, 1967

Date

1967-12-21

Archival Collection

Description

Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall. The man standing next to him is unidentified. A certificate From Delta dated June 25, 1961 hangs on the wall behind him. Oran Kenneth Gragson (February 14, 1911 – October 7, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. He was the longest-serving mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1959 to 1975. Gragson, a member of the Republican Party, was a small business owner who was elected Mayor on a reform platform against police corruption and for equal opportunity for people of all socio-economic and racial categories. Gragson died in a Las Vegas hospice on October 7, 2002, at the age of 91. The Oran K. Gragson Elementary School located at 555 N. Honolulu Street, Las Vegas, NV 89110 was named in his honor.

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New York State Office of the State Comptroller, "Report on the New York City Off-track Betting Corporation FY1979 Financial Plan", 1978

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00561
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 084

Archival Component

New York New York Hotel and Casino: postcards

Date

1997

Description

Postcards of New York New York Hotel and Casino. (1997)

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Kitty Kallen singing "Little things mean a lot" at the Convention Hall, Asbury Park, New Jersey: photograph, approximately 1940 to 1969

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Larry Fotine Music collection
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Collection Number: MS-01179
Collection Name: Larry Fotine Music collection
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

Archival Component

Howard Hughes talking to members of the press, possibly about his completion of his around-the-world flight in New York City, New York, 1938

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 13

Archival Component

Clara Bow at 16, after winning the National Fame and Fortune Contest in New York City, New York: photographic print: photographic negative, 1921

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Nan Doughty Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00240
Collection Name: Nan Doughty Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 17

Archival Component

Looking north up McDaniel Street toward City Hall in North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2019-02-07

Description

From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Civic Center Drive and Eastern Avenue between Lake Mead Boulevard and Washington Avenue.

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Conceptual sketch of Casino Phase 1 Expansion inside the Showboat Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey: photographic print

Date

1986

Description

From the Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection (PH-00329).

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Conceptual sketch of high-rise buildings with the Showboat Casino on the left, Atlantic City, New Jersey: photographic print

Date

1986

Description

From the Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection (PH-00329).

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Conceptual sketch of the Bourbon Street Slots inside the Showboat Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey: photographic print

Date

1986

Description

From the Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection (PH-00329).

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