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Photograph of Jack Entratter and Sammy Davis, Jr.

Date
Unknown year in the century of the 1900s
Description

Black and white photograph of Jack Entratter with his arm around Sammy Davis, Jr. Stamped on back: Las Vegas News Bureau Las Vegas, Nevada Convention Center 14937 Don English, Joe Buck, John Cook, Jerry Abbott, Milt Palmer, Terry Todd, Bob Hooper.

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Land in front of large Belmont home: photographic print

Date
1900 (year uncertain) to 1939 (year uncertain)
Description
A big house sits on a hill in Belmont, Nevada, circa early 1900s. Trees line the entrance to the neighbor's home that is well hidden among the foliage.

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Children of Pete Boni and Dominica Louise Julia: photographic print

Date
1906 (year approximate) to 1920 (year approximate)
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.A. Boni Family (Manhattan, Nevada). Only 7 of the 9 Boni children are pictured: Virgilio, Pete, Mary Emily, Albino Richard, James, Ermand Richard, Rose Louise, Leo, and Irene Nelly (identified from left to right).

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Stocker, Harold J., 1900-1983

Harold Stocker was born in Reading, Pennsylvania on March 8, 1900. He and his family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1911. Harold Stocker operated Nevada Silica Sand Company in Overton, Nevada, from 1932 to 1940. He was elected to the Clark County Commission in 1938. In 1939, he built the Chief Hotel Court, and in 1948, the Desert Plaza Apartments. Stocker was state GOP chairman in the 1950s. Harold died January 9, 1983 in Las Vegas.

Person

Hall, James, 1900-1940

James Hall was born in 1900 in Dallas, Texas as James E. Brown, the son of Clinton and Alice McKay Brown. As an actor, he is best known for Hell's Angels (1930); in all he appeared in thirty-two silent and sound films between 1923 and 1932. He died in 1940 in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Source:

The Central New Jersey Home News. "James Hall dies: Former Film Star". New Brunswick, New Jersey. Saturday, June 8, 1940. Pg. 5.

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