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Dedication of the Gold Star Mothers War Memorial in City Hall Park in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, 1952
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Nita Londo Rieger Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00315
Collection Name: Nita Londo Rieger Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Nita Londo Rieger Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Mark Hall-Patton oral history interview
Identifier
OH-02810
Abstract
Oral history interview with Mark Hall-Patton conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on August 25, 2016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. Hall-Patton discusses coming to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1993, creating the Howard W. Cannon Aviation Museum, and becoming a director for Clark County Museums in 2008, just when the economic downturn caused large layoffs and a drop in visitor numbers. He also talks about how joining the television show
Archival Collection
Two boys donating money to erect a monument in City Hall Park in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
From the Nita Londo Rieger Photograph Collection (PH-00315). Identified from left to right: Sadie Alger, Butch Woolley, Ned Londo, and Thelma Swanner. "The boys are each donating $10 toward the monument to be erected in the Las Vegas City Park in honor of Las Vegas youths who lost their lives in World Wars I, II, and the Korean War. Mrs. Swanner and Mrs. Alger are members of the Gold Star Mothers."
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Workers from the Hoover Dam in the Anderson Brothers Dining Hall, Boulder City, Nevada, approximately 1931-1936
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File
Archival Collection
Charles P. Squires Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00002
Collection Name: Charles P. Squires Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 03
Collection Name: Charles P. Squires Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 03
Archival Component
Frazier Hall: photographic print
Date
1978 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Historic Building Survey Photograph Collection (PH-00345). Frazier Hall, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Photograph of Main Street in Silver Peak (Nev.), 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
Main Street, Silver Peak, Nevada, 1938. There is an inscription on the back of the image: "In 1938, Silver Peak was Esmeralda County's largest and most prosperous town, boasting a population of over 1,000. The economy was supported chiefly by the nearby mines of the Nivloc and Mary Mine areas. The town's prosperity ended when the mines closed with the beginning of WWII." The section of town in the upper left corner of the photo, which included the post office, several stores and a theater was destroyed by fire in 1948. There is a date stamp: Christmas, 1986.
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Film negative of Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 21, 1961
Date
1961-12-21
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 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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"Tax Payers’ Guide" 1926 (booklet) and 1938 Los Angeles, 1926-1938
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File
Archival Collection
Union Pacific Railroad Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00397
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 71 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 71 (Restrictions apply)
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Photograph of town hall and movie theater, Beatty (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Patron provided the following comment: This was located in the 200 block of West Montgomery behind where the ambulance garage is now. Building originally was the Miner's Union Hall in Rhyolite. It was moved to Beatty in 1914.
Caption: The hall affording dances and movies.
Caption: The hall affording dances and movies.
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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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