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A portrait of John Kepper at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

The interior of an unidentified saloon probably located in Searchlight, Nevada. Identification attached to the back of the image: 1) Light Wheatley 2) Megedy -- a jeweler 3) Jimmie Hicks, "the Bone Doctor" 4) Ray Thurman 5) [?] 6) [?] 7) [?] 8) [?] 9) [?] 10) [?]. Kurt Burdick - owner. Banked town - 1919.

Portrait of University of Nevada Regent James L. Buchanan "Bucky".

Former Chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission Peter Echeverria.

Tweed Wilson with J. B. Wilson, in Southern Nevada, early 1900s

Men on a desert mountain in the Bare Mountain Range in Nevada.

Former Nevada Governor Paul Laxalt, as photographed in 1966. The location where the photograph was taken in unknown. Paul Dominique Laxalt (born August 2, 1922) was Governor of Nevada from 1967 to 1971 and a United States Senator from 1974 to 1987. In the media, the words "son of a Basque sheepherder" often accompanied his name. He was one of Ronald Reagan's closest friends in politics. In fact, after Reagan was elected President in 1980, the national press began to refer to Laxalt as "The First Friend." He is the older brother of Robert Laxalt, who was a noted and prolific writer. He is a member of the Republican Party.