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Photograph of United States Air Force Thunderbirds at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, October 9, 1979
Date
1979-10-09
Archival Collection
Description
U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds (the Air Force's aerial demonstration team) pilots sit in their planes with canopies open, during an open house at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Planes are labeled with the pilots' names, L-R: SSgt Ramón Badia; Lt Col D. L. Smith; Rob McCall; (?) Shackelford; Capt. Ron Maness; SSgt Mike Cook; Capt Jim Latham; Carl Priddy; Maj. Jim Coziahr; Capt. [Gail] "Scar"Scarborough, Capt. R. D. Evans. Site Name: Nellis Air Force Base (Nev.)
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Photograph of Mayor Oran K. Gragson with USAF Thunderbirds, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, circa early 1960s
Date
1960 to 1965
Archival Collection
Description
Mayor Oran K. Gragson (standing, left) poses with USAF Thunderbirds, precision flying team based at Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayor Gragson is holding a matted photo of the Thunderbirds in flight over a mountain. The inscription reads " To: Mayor Oran Gragson with sincere best wishes, The USAF Thunderbirds." 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. Site Name: Nellis Air Force Base (Nev.)
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Photograph of Mayor Oran K. Gragson with USAF Thunderbirds, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, circa early 1960s
Date
1960 to 1965
Archival Collection
Description
Mayor Oran K. Gragson (standing, 2nd from right), poses with USAF Thunderbirds, precision flying team based at Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayor Gragson is holding a matted photo of the Thunderbirds in flight over Hoover Dam. The inscription reads " To: Mayor Oran Gragson with sincere best wishes, The USAF Thunderbirds." 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. Site Name: Nellis Air Force Base (Nev.)
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Photograph of a couple posing near the front entrance of the Thunderbird Hotel, Las Vegas, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
A black and white image of a couple posing near the front entrance of the Thunderbird Hotel. Its neon marquee is also visible.
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Prochoroff, Alan. Thunderbirds: on the road again!, Airman Magazine, 1983 April
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
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Collection Number: MS-00626
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 09
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 09
Archival Component
Burks, Barbara. THe Thunderbirds: A Special Tribute, American Times, 1982 February
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
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Collection Number: MS-00626
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 15
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 15
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Thunderbird Hotel renderings and aerial photographic prints, approximately 1950 to 1991
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Bob Stupak Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-01016
Collection Name: Bob Stupak Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 57, Oversized Box 59
Collection Name: Bob Stupak Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 57, Oversized Box 59
Archival Component
Film transparency of the front exterior and porte cohcere of the Thunderbird Hotel at night (Las Vegas), circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Long view of the Thunderbird Hotel entrance as seen from the parking lot.
Site Name: Thunderbird Hotel
Address: 2755 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Two unidentified women in front of the Thunderbird Hotel marquee in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print
Date
1949-08
Archival Collection
Description
From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Thunderbird Hotel marquee. Two women not identified.
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Aerial photograph taken from inside a United States Air Force Thunderbirds plane, circa late 1970s to early 1980s
Date
1977 to 1983
Archival Collection
Description
An aerial view taken from inside a U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds plane, showing other Thunderbirds planes. Photograph possibly taken over Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
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