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Tweed Wilson standing in front of a stone house in Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1953.

Willard George standing near a pool of water, Las Vegas, Nevada, mid 1900s.

Circa 1929 in front of the Majestic Theatre. The address is 131 Fremont Street. This is located on the south side of the street, just west of Second Street. In addition to the Majestic Theatre billboards advertising "Stairs of Sand," which was released in the USA June 8, 1929 and "International News today First Run," offices for the U. S. Post Office and Carroll Gift Toggery are visible on the first floor windows. An advertisement for Real-Estate Insurance Surety Bonds is visible by the "Stars of Sand" billboard. Offices for Dr. C. E. Bulette, M. D. (Rooms 6 & 7), L. S. Thompson, Lawyer, and Dr. Conger are visible on the second floor windows. There is a metal mailbox visible in the foreground, and a man dressed in a suit is visible in the window for Dr. Bulette. The Overland Park Hotel opened in 1905, becoming the Las Vegas Club in 1931. Las Vegas' first indoor moving picture was shown there in 1911. The Majestic Theatre was the town's only indoor movie theater after the fire at the Overland Park Hotel in 1911.

Description provided with image: "Dedication of the Xeriscape Demonstration Garden, UNLV. Top row, L-R: 1- Donald Baepler; 2- Representative of the Nevada Division of Forestry; 3- Dennis Swartzell; 4- Bill Murphy. Bottom row, L-R: 1- Jack Zunino, ASLA; 2- Larry Kennedy; 3- George Faramillo."

Utah-Nevada Hotel Association members stand together for a photo while one of the men holds up a plate of food and another man takes something from it. William J. Moore is second from the right; the other men are unidentified.

Westmorland, a Las Vegas bootlegger, in front of his truck at the Apex Service Station in Apex, Nevada.

Two of Harold's casino employees from the Northern Club at Harold's Overton Mill home in Overton, Nevada.