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Clara with Toni Larbow Beldam on the left and George Francis Robert Bell on the right sitting by the pool at the ranch: photographic print

Date

1880 to 1979

Description

Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Clara Bow with her two boys sitting by the pool at the Walkng Box Ranch. Rex Anthony Bell, Jr (Toni Larbow Beldam) is seated on the left and George Francis Robert Bell is on the right

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Clara and the Rex Anthony Bell, Jr (Toni Larbow Beldam) is seated on the right and George Francis Robert Bell is on the left on the patio at the ranch: photographic print

Date

1880 to 1979

Description

Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 An unidentified woman with the two boys sitting by the pool at the Walkng Box Ranch. Rex Anthony Bell, Jr (Toni Larbow Beldam) is seated on the right and George Francis Robert Bell is on the left. The courtyard of the ranch house is visible in the background

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Rex Bell, 2nd from right, Bill Frolicki, and two other couples standing by a roulette wheel: photographic print

Date

1880 to 1979

Description

Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Rex Bell (George Francis Beldam) (second from right), Bill Froelich (second from left) and unidentifed people gambling in the game room of the ranch house at the Walking Box Ranch

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Color sketch of "Cupid's Spot" Walking Box Ranch house at Walking Box Ranch, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1880 to 1979

Description

Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Artist's rendering of the ranch house at Walking Box Ranch called "Cupid's Spot" Artist is Pierre M. Artigue. Rendering is prior to the addition of wing with master bedroom and boys bedroom. Date is unknown but artist died in 1934 and house was built in 1931/1932 and the addition was added in 1934

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Rex Bell, Daisy Beldam, Bill Froelich, and three unidentified people at dinner party at Walking Box Ranch, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1880 to 1979

Description

Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Dinner party in the great room in the ranch house at Walking Box Ranch. From left side of table to right: Bill Froelich (Ford car dealer from Los Angeles), Grandmother Daisy Beldam (Rex Bell's mother), Rex Bell (George Francis Beldam)and three unidentified individuals

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Clara Bow Bell (right) and two dogs; her cousin Billy Bow holding Rex Jr.: photographic print

Date

1880 to 1979

Description

Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Clara Bow (right), with her cousin Billy Bow at Walking Box Ranch. Billy is holding Rex Anthony Bell, Jr (Toni Larbow Beldam)" Two dogs are pictured, the one on the right is Diablo, Clara's cocker spaniel

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Transcript of interview with James Bonnell by Gerald L. Conner, February 22, 1977

Date

1977-02-22

Description

On February 22, 1977, James Bonnell interviewed Gerald L. Connor (born 1930 in Boston, Massachusetts) about his experiences in Nevada and his work in education. Connor first talks about his move to Nevada while he was a member of the United States Air Force. He then discusses his education, including that at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and also describes his church membership. Connor later talks about changes in the schools and school district, the growth of gambling and properties located in Downtown Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Strip, and the early atomic tests at the Nevada Test Site. He also describes in detail his political activity and involvement with the Democratic Party, including his work with candidates for the offices of Nevada Governor and United States Senator. Towards the end of the interview, Connor talks about events such as Helldorado, the growth of the city over time, and his thoughts on the future of Las Vegas.

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Group of servicemen (for General Patton) at a party at Walking Box Ranch, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1880 to 1979

Description

Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Photograph taken when General Patton's troops visited Walking Box Ranch. Photo was taken in the great room of the ranch house. Rex Anthony Bell, Jr (Toni Larbow Beldam) is seated on the floor in the center with a military cap and checkered shirt. George Francis Robert Bell is seated on a wooden 'horse' holding a rope and also wearing a military cap. Clara is seated in the center on an unidentified man's lap with her arm raised. Rex Bell (George Francis Beldam) is located behind Clara's outstretched arm and hand in the back

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Group of people seated at the dining table in the ranch house at Walking Box, Ranch: Nevada: photographic print

Date

1880 to 1979

Description

Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Group of people seated at the dining table in the ranch house. From left clockwise around the table; Rex Bell, his brother Hodson Beldam, Marion Lewyn, Lon Chaney, Clara Bow, Louis Lewyn, Hodson Beldam's wife Kathy, Hod Bed Clara and Rex Bell (George Francis Beldam)at either ends of the table. Dinner Party at the ranch. Rex on left, his brother Hodson Beldam and his wife Kathy, then Lon Chaney, Clara, Henry Lewin (producer from Hollywood) and his wife Marian

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Transcript of interview with Bruce L. Woodbury by Stefani Evans, September 27, 2016

Date

2016-09-27

Description

As Bruce Woodbury reflects on his twenty-eight years as Clark County's longest-serving County commissioner (1981–2009) he recalls serving with about thirty different commissioners. Surprisingly, "only seven of us got major jail sentences." He ruminates how Federal Bureau of Investigation probes Operation Yobo in the early 1980s and G Sting in the early 2000s exposed several Clark County politicians who succumbed to greed. While Woodbury considers honesty in office a given, his values were not held by all of his colleagues. One Operation Yobo recording caught a fellow commissioner responding to the query, "How about Woodbury?" with, "No, you can't touch him with a ten foot pole." Woodbury remembers his "campaign guys really liked that." Apparently the voters did as well, as he consistently won re-election. The Las Vegas native, who was raised in the John S. Park neighborhood and attended Las Vegas schools, earned his Bachelor's degree at the University of Utah and his Juris Doctorat

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