The John Pappas Photograph Collection is comprised of four black-and-white photographic reprints, taken from between 1930 to 1949 and reprinted from between 1999 to 2005, that depict employees from the White Spot Cafe in Las Vegas, Nevada being paid in silver dollars by the owner, John Pappas.
The John Pappas Photograph Collection is comprised of four black-and-white photographic reprints. The photographs were taken from between 1930 to 1949 and reprinted from between 1999 to 2005, and depict employees from the White Spot Cafe in Las Vegas, Nevada being paid in silver dollars by the owner, John Pappas.
Collection is open for research.
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Materials remain as they were received.
The White Spot Cafe & Arcade was a cafe located at 109 Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada and was owned and operated by John Pappas from 1932 to 1951. In 1951, the cafe was purchased by Eldorado Club co-owner Arthur Rozen.
Source:
Southern Nevada Telephone Company Collection, 1957-1966. MS-00601. Special Collections and Archives, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. UNLV Libraries, Las Vegas, Nevada.
John Pappas Photograph Collection, approximately 1999-2005. PH-00300. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Materials were periodically collected by the University Libraries Special Collections and Archives.
In 2020, as part of a backlog elimination project, Joseph Puentes created the finding aid and entered the data into ArchivesSpace.