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Portrait of Grace Hayes in a ruffle-collared dress.

Photograph of a portrait of a man on horseback, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1920

Paul May, Nevada state assemblyman (Clark County District #2), elected 1968. (Photo 1969) (OVERSIZE)

Black and white portrait photograph of Jimmy Gay working at his desk, dated 1946.

Postcard of three women and two men in Nevada (all unidentified). The woman in the center is sitting in a child's wagon.

A portrait of Judy Bayley, the location is unknown, but was most likely taken in Las Vegas, Nevada. Judith “Judy” Bayley, namesake of the Judy Bayley Theatre at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, was once known as “The First Lady of Gambling.” Judy and her husband Warren “Doc” Bayley opened the Hacienda Hotel and Casino on October 17, 1956. After Warren’s unexpected death from a heart attack on December, 26, 1964, Judy Bayley took over the ownership and operations of the Hacienda. By doing so, she became the first woman in Nevada history to be the sole owner and operator of a hotel-casino. After Judy’s death from cancer on December 31, 1971, the Hacienda was sold in 1972. The Hacienda’s doors closed to the public on December 10, 1996. The hotel was imploded on December 31, 1996 on the 25th anniversary of Judy Bayley’s death, and was broadcast on the Fox news network as part of their New Year’s Eve 1996 telecast. In March 1999, it was replaced with the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino.