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Boulder City Hospital, Boulder City, Nevada: photographic print
Date
1959-03-06
Archival Collection
Description
From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). Taken on March 10, 1954.
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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
Portrait of Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall. A certificate From Delta dated June 25, 1961 and a group photograph of five men hang 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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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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Photograph of Boulder City High School athletic stadium, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1951
Date
1950 to 1952
Archival Collection
Description
The installation of the original lighting system used on the Boulder City High School athletic field in Boulder City, Nevada.
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Photograph of the Boulder City Commissary
Date
1931-05-31
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photograph of the Boulder City commisary; the signs in photo read: "Jim The Barber" and "Films Developing, Printing".
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Photographs of Ron Lurie at work as a City Council Member, 1973-1985
Date
1973 to 1985
Archival Collection
Description
Photographs of Ron Lurie in his City Hall office.
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Description of early Boulder City: video clip
Date
1936 (year uncertain)
1989 (year uncertain)
Description
Description of early Boulder City from the film Conquering the Colorado. (See call number: TC557.5.H6 C65x - Videocassette)
Moving Image
Film transparency of the Boulder City Auto Court, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930-1940
Date
1930 to 1940
Archival Collection
Description
An exterior view of the Boulder City Auto Court.
Image
Photograph of book displays at the Boulder City Library, Boulder City, Nevada, November 10, 1950
Date
1950-11-10
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of two books displays ("Old Friends" and "New Friends")at the Boulder City Library. The library was then housed in the basement of the city's municipal building.
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City of Las Vegas building codes, notices, correspondence
Date
1956 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
City of Las Vegas building codes, notices, correspondence
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