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Photograph of C. A. Earle Rinker with metal lunch pail or canteen, Goldfield (Nev.), 1908
Date
1908
Description
Photograph of C. A. Earle Rinker with metal lunch pail or canteen, Goldfield (Nev.), 1908
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Photograph of C. A. Earle Rinker standing at mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1908
Date
1908
Description
Photograph of C. A. Earle Rinker standing at mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1908
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Photograph of two men standing on ore car rails inside a mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1907
Date
1907
Description
Photograph of two men standing on ore car rails inside a mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1907
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Photograph of people outside of the First State Bank of Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905
Date
1905
Description
Three buildings visible in McWilliams' Townsite. The center building is occupied by the First State Bank of Las Vegas and Kuhn's Mercantile. The building on the right is the U.S. Post Office. The building on the left is unidentified.
Site Name: First State Bank (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: First State Bank (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Photograph of a group of men outside businesses in the McWilliams' Townsite, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905
Date
1905
Description
Group of men standing outside businesses in McWilliams' Original Las Vegas Townsite. The Las Vegas Bank & Trust Company and Las Vegas Drug Company are visible. Signage includes the name, Doctor C A Rucker.
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Photograph of C. A. Earle Rinker on his 24th birthday, Goldfield (Nev.), September 07, 1907
Date
1904-09-07
Description
Caption: In front of office next door to office where I worked. Taken on my 24th Birthday. Sept. 7-1907 Goldfield Nev.
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Photograph of Thanksgiving banquet at the Holland Hotel, Pioneer (Nev.),November 24, 1911
Date
1911-11-24
Description
Thanksgiving banquet at the Holland Hotel, Pioneer, Nevada, November 24, 1911
Caption: Handwritten in bottom margin of photograph:"Mrs. O'Brien at head of table. C W Thomas 2nd on right." Caption handwritten below photograph: "Thanksgiving banquet, Pioneer Hotel,Pioneer, Nevada, November 1911." The hotel was the Holland Hotel, in Pioneer, Nevada. It was managed by Mr. & Mrs. J. D. O'Brien at the time. Charles W. Thomas became the postmaster of Pioneer, Nevada in October 1911.
Site Name: Holland Hotel (Pioneer, Nev.)
Caption: Handwritten in bottom margin of photograph:"Mrs. O'Brien at head of table. C W Thomas 2nd on right." Caption handwritten below photograph: "Thanksgiving banquet, Pioneer Hotel,Pioneer, Nevada, November 1911." The hotel was the Holland Hotel, in Pioneer, Nevada. It was managed by Mr. & Mrs. J. D. O'Brien at the time. Charles W. Thomas became the postmaster of Pioneer, Nevada in October 1911.
Site Name: Holland Hotel (Pioneer, Nev.)
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Photograph of people at the pavilion during Clark's Las Vegas townsite sale, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905
Date
1905
Description
An auction held May 15-16, 1905 to sell lots within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite. A group of men and women stand on and around a covered wooden platform outdoors. The auctioneer stands to the left of center at the front of the platform. The decision to auction lots within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite was not made until May 10, 1905. Auctioneer C.O. Whittemore was the president of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company.
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Photograph of Mayor Oran K. Gragson and Sammy Davis, Jr. cutting the ribbon for the Las Vegas Pageant of Progress, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1960s-1970s
Date
1960 to 1979
Description
Several people, including two Pageant contestants, look on as Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson (left) assists Sammy Davis, Jr. (center) in cutting the ribbon for the Las Vegas Pageant of Progress. Oran Kenneth Gragson (February 14, 1911 – October 7, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. He was the longest-serving mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1959 to 1975. Gragson, a member of the Republican Party, was a small business owner who was elected Mayor on a reform platform against police corruption and for equal opportunity for people of all socio-economic and racial categories. Gragson died in a Las Vegas hospice on October 7, 2002, at the age of 91. The Oran K. Gragson Elementary School located at 555 N. Honolulu Street, Las Vegas, NV 89110 was named in his honor. Samuel George "Sammy" Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American Jewish entertainer. Primarily a dancer and singer, he was also an actor of stage and screen, musician, and impressionist, noted for his impersonations of actors, musicians and other celebrities. Davis was awarded the Spingarn Medal by the NAACP and was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award for his television performances. He was the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 1987, and in 2001, he was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Portrait of Senator William A. Clark, 1890s
Date
1890 to 1899
Description
Black and white portrait of Senator William A. Clark. Clark County was named in his honor.
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