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Governor's Ball, image 001

Date
1959 to 1967
Description
Guests at the Governor's Ball in Nevada. The women all wear dresses and the men wear suits or tuxedoes. Twinkling lights and fabric hang from the ceiling. It looks as though the event is taking place inside a basketball stadium, with the court's markings visible below people's feet.

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Breaking ground, image 001

Date
1959 to 1961
Description
Breaking ground," possibly at McCarran International Airport. Identified from left to right: 1. unknown, possibly Roy Watkins, Arliegh West, Gus Blad, or Bruse Thompson... 2. Harley E. Harmon, 3. R. Julian Moore, 4. Howard Cannon, 5. Grant Sawyer, 6. Alan Bible, 7. unknown, possibly John Straza or Bill Morris... The people farthest to the left and right were believed to be different individuals by different callers. See pho023670-003 for explanations of identification.

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Breaking ground, image 002

Date
1959 to 1961
Description
Help Us Write History article from UNLV Special Collections, posted in the Las Vegas Review Journal on March 24, 1985 on behalf of the Dorothy Dorothy Collection. The purpose of this article was to identify the unknown people in the image after the collection was donated.

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Breaking ground, image 003

Date
1959 to 1961
Description
Help Us Write History responses to article from UNLV Special Collections, posted in the Las Vegas Review Journal on March 24, 1985 on behalf of the Dorothy Dorothy Collection. As stated, 6 callers attempted to identify the men in the photo. Few of them had success, as no one could seem to agree who the first and seventh people were in the lineup. The callers' names and numbers are listed in order of call, as well as information they know about the people in the photograph.

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Guests at event, image 001

Date
1959 to 1961
Description
Individuals identified from left to right: 1. Bob Keyser/Kaiser, Deluca Importing Company, 2. Grant Sawyer, Gov. of Nevada, 3. Jan Peerce, LV singer and hotel performer, 4. Mrs. Peerce, Jan's wife, 5. Art Smith, Chairman of Board of Bank of NV & CEO of First Interstate Bank.

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Guests at event, image 002

Date
1959 to 1961
Description
Help Us Write History article from UNLV Special Collections, posted in the Las Vegas Review Journal on November 21, 1982 on behalf of the Dorothy Dorothy Collection. The purpose of this article was to identify the unknown people in the image after the collection was donated.

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Guests at event, image 003

Date
1959 to 1961
Description
Help Us Write History responses to article from UNLV Special Collections, posted in the Las Vegas Review Journal on November 21, 1982 on behalf of the Dorothy Dorothy Collection. As stated, 5 callers identified the people in the photo. The callers' names and numbers are listed in order of call, as well as information they know about the people in the photograph.

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Guests at event, image 004

Date
1959 to 1961
Description
Help Us Write History response to article from UNLV Special Collections, posted in the Las Vegas Review Journal on November 21, 1982 on behalf of the Dorothy Dorothy Collection. Art Smith, one of the individuals in the photo, called UNLV's Deans Office to give context to the photo and the identities of the others in the image. The information was typed up by Larry D. Strate, Assistant to the Dean, and sent to Anna Kepper to record.

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Gov. Sawyer and Pike, image 001

Date
1960 to 1969
Description
Governor Sawyer and Miles Nelson Pike stand together next to an American flag and possibly Nevada's state flag.

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Gov. Sawyer and Pike, image 002

Date
1960 to 1969
Description
Help Us Write History article from UNLV Special Collections, posted in the Las Vegas Review Journal on April 7, 1985 on behalf of the Dorothy Dorothy Collection. The purpose of this article was to identify the unknown man on the right of the image after the collection was donated.

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