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Film transparency of the Last Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, circa 1945
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Photograph of the Kim family, Las Vegas, circa 1960s to 1970
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Photograph of basketball players, Nevada Southern University, 1963-1964
Nevada Southern basketball player signs autographs for young fans at Nevada Southern University (NSU).
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Photograph of S. D. Franklin and "Bula" at a poker table in El Rio Club
Black and white photograph of S. D. Franklin and "Bula" at a poker table in El Rio Club. Franklin worked as the bartender for El Rio Club.
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Bailey, Anna (Anna E.) (1921-2005)
Anna Bailey was born May 14, 1921 in Savannah, Georgia. Bailey arrived in Las Vegas in 1955 to perform as a dancer for the opening of the Moulin Rouge Hotel and Casino. Six months later the Rouge closed, leaving both Anna and her husband, Bob, without work, since Bob had been the house singer and emcee at the Hotel. Nevertheless, Anna and Bob decided to make Las Vegas their home, convinced in the growth potential of the city.
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Deiro, Guido Roberto, 1938-
Count Guido Roberto Deiro was born February 18, 1938 in Reno, Nevada. He was the son of vaudeville performer and recording star Count Guido Pietro Deiro, who was the first major piano-accordionist to become popular in the United States, and his teenage wife Yvonne Teresa LeBaron De Forrest. Deiro grew up in and around Las Vegas, Nevada and Southern California after his parents’ divorce in 1941.
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Fuller, Harvey
Harvey J. Fuller (1919-2004) was raised in Southern California, attending college before joining the army air corp during World War II. After the war, he joined the Los Angeles police department, serving from 1946 until 1977. An inveterate collector, Fuller took up collecting gaming tokens after seeing a display at Harvey's Resort Hotel in the late 1960s.
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