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Junior League of Las Vegas Photograph Collection
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The Junior League of Las Vegas Photograph Collection contains photographic prints and negatives, as well as postcards of locations in and around Las Vegas, Nevada between approximately 1900 and 1980. Early photographs in the collection offer views of the Las Vegas townsite, buildings, railroads, the Las Vegas High School, Overland Hotel, Arizona Club, and residential areas. Other photographs during this time depict the Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) construction and Death Valley, California. Later photographs show the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) campus, downtown Las Vegas, and the Las Vegas Strip.
Archival Collection
Photographs of Sammy Davis, Jr. presented with a birthday cake, December 1960
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Archival Collection
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Black and white photographs of Sammy Davis, Jr. on stage as he is presented with a 4-tiered birthday cake. Written on the cake: "Happy Birthday Mr. President." Stamped on back: Las Vegas News Bureau Las Vegas, Nev. - P.O. Box 28 Photographers Don English, Jerry Abbott, Joe Buck, Milt Palmer.
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Postcard of trees at Mormon Fort, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1924
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Henry Blasdel, Nevada, circa 1861-1870
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Wilbur Clark and Adlai Stevenson, 1950-1965
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Archival Collection
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Raymond Brooks Papers on Mining
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The Raymond Brooks Papers on Mining (approximately 1900-1955) document Brooks' time working in the mining and railroad industries in central and southern Nevada, as well as in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). Brooks worked as a mining engineer and executive in many Nevada mining districts, including Goldfield, Tonopah, Bullfrog, Rawhide, Chloride, Beatty, Wonder, and Searchlight. The collection consists of photographs, photograph albums, ledgers and mining certificates, correspondence, and publications that all relate to mining. Notable figures mentioned in material throughout the collection include George Nixon, George Wingfield, William MacMaster, and James Butler.
Archival Collection
McGriff and DeVinney Family Papers
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The McGriff and DeVinney Family Papers (approximately 1900-1959) contain papers and photographs documenting Francis De Vinney and his wife, Della, who lived in Las Vegas, Nevada in the early- to mid- 20th century. The collection also includes documentation about Della's father, Edwin Guy "E. G." McGriff, an early Las Vegas resident. Materials include photographic prints and albums, business and personal correspondence, and 16mm film.
Archival Collection