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An image of musicians and entertainers onstage at the Copa Room showroom in the Sands Hotel and Casino. From left to right: jazz musician Louis Prima; entertainers Jerry Lewis, Jackie Heller and Milton Berle; and saxophonist Sam Butera.

An image of a man standing outside of the Big Blue service station in Baker. Hand-painted text on the outside of the building reads: "Dining room in rear, hot meals and lunches, tires and tubes, ice cream and cold drinks, modern cabins, community kitchen." Painted over the entrance is the text, "Dad Fairbanks, prop." In addition, there is also a sign for a Pickwick Greyhound Lines ticket office. Also visible are various gasoline pumps (Red Crown, standard ethyl, Gargoyle Mobiloil, Standard Oil Zerolene).

An image of people golfing in front of the Aqueduct at the Sands Hotel and Casino. It was designed by Julius Gabrielle. It was finished in pink and white tile and concrete, was 275 feet in length, three stories tall, and had 83 rooms. There were ten suites averaging 1600 square feet with the furnishings costing $18,000 to $22,000. Several of the suites included a private swimming pool and rent for $115 a day.

Emma (Peggy) Marie (Schaefle) Schuyler and William Norton Schuyler (left), with Jack (John) and Caroline Heaton. In Denver, Colorado. Caroline is Emma's sister (Caroline Agnes (Schaefle) Heaton), and was prominent in Las Vegas real estate market in 1930s-40s. Caroline established the first Las Vegas radio station KGIX in 1928 in the "country" at the current location of 9th and Mesquite Streets.

William J. Moore Jr., C.W. Stewart, and Sheriff Glen Jones sit together wearing cowboy hats on what appears to be an artificially constructed porch, possibly inside the Hotel Last Frontier. In front of them lies an open bear trap. The sign behind them reads: "Swimming Pool, 'Pitch and Putt' Golf Course, Ramona Room, Canary Room, Carrillo Snack Bar, English Hunt Breakfast $1.25" Site Name: Hotel Last Frontier (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Black and white photograph of a Helldorado float leaving McNeil Ranch to go to the Helldorado parade. Men in cowboy hats ride horses ahead of the float. The float itself is pulled by horses and decorated with evergreen branches. On the side of the float there is an illustration of a cowboy on a horse in front of a lake, evergreen trees, mountains, and a covered wagon. The sign on the float reads: "McNeil Construction Co. Pioneers of the Old West." Inside the float there are donkeys and a man in a cowboy hat holding the horses' reins.

Six topless female dancers in beaded bikini costumes with partial long skirts, arm bands and bracelets, with tall feathered headdresses, a male dancer is standing on a three-tiered platform and is wearing beaded tights, gloves, beaded ankle neck collar and cuffs, and hat. He is standing in front of a cutout of the Buddhist Deity Amoghapasha (Six Arms). Another female dancer is standing on the floor facing the male dancer, and wearing sheer beaded pants and bikini top, beaded ankle cuffs, arm band, bracelet, and beaded tiara. The audience is visible in the foreground.