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Photograph of Elks Lodge, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1960s
Date
1960 to 1969
Description
Members of the Las Vegas Elks Club. First Row, seated: 1.) (?) 2.) E. Otto Underhill 3) (?) 4) (?) 5) (?) 6) "Bud" Barrett 7) (?) 8) (?). Second Row, seated: 1.) Don Bremner 2.) K. O. Knudson 3.) (?) 4.) (?) 5.) William (Bill) Schuyler 6.) A. W. Ham, Sr. 7.) Judge William E. Orr 8.) (?) 9.) Earl Davidson 10.) (?). Third row, seated: 1.) Fred Callihan 2.) (?). Standing (in the back of the room, center of the photo) 1.) Frank Buol 2.) Ed Von Tobel, Sr. 3.) C. P. Squires. Site Name: Elk's Club (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Photograph of a cocktail party, 1950s-1960s
Date
1950 to 1969
Description
Cocktail party hosted by R. Julian Moore (Frontier Fidelity organizer) while Alan Bible was in office. Standing from left to right: Art Ham Jr., Harley Harmon, Bob Baskin, H.E. Hazard, Senator Alan Bible, Harry Claiborne, C.D. Baker, Cliff Jones, Tom Foley, and Herb Jones.
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Photograph of the Las Vegas High School class of 1929 50th reunion banquet, Las Vegas (Nev.), May 5, 1979
Date
1979-05-05
Description
Las Vegas School Class of 1929, 50th Reunion banquet at the Showboat Hotel, May 5, 1979. Pictured are: Front row: Left to Right: Iris Nay Rester, Catherine Mosbach Phillipe, Jewel French Nolen, Helen Garner Van Waggenen, Frances Martin Donnelly, Doris Kramer Lumsden, Eloda George Lynch, Marjorie Gifford Adams, Emma Jean Potter Schofield. Back Row: left to right: Wendell Bunker, Helen Craner Fuller, Mona Kay Hill, Theo Pockard, Lawrence Higbee, Rowland Haney, Dorothy Buzick Culley, James Down, Lucille McKenzie Down, Elizabeth Von Tobel Zahn, Joseph Phillips, Carol Williams Pierce, Bert Begley, Arlene Stewart Potter, Grace Dimick Barfield, Howard McMullen, Yvonne Lodwick Bartlett, Mary Stockburger Noblittt. Site Name: Showboat Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Photograph of dealers from the Rainbow Club, Las Vegas, 1930s
Date
1930 to 1940
Description
Black and white photograph of dealers (may be men from Rainbow Club). From left to right: unknown, unknown, unknown, Chew-tobaca Pearson, Frank Belding, Ed White, Bob Buchwald, Sundown Wells, Ted Bruner. On verso: "Geo. Wingfield has made his millions in Nev. in the mining game. At present he is the biggest man in Nev. owning most of the banks, large hotels and interested in practically all the big mines. He is the only man that has made a fortune in the state that keeps it here to build up the state. He is a real man and the big guy of Nev." Photo sleeve contains additional materials.
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Photograph of Archie C. Grant and others at groundbreaking ceremony, Las Vegas, 1950s- 1960s
Date
1950 to 1969
Description
A view of Las Vegas men at a groundbreaking ceremony which could possibly be related to Las Vegas Housing Authority. Pictured includes Jim Down, Reed Whipple, Rulon Earl, and Rex Jarrett (See 0016 003 which appears to be same occasion). Description provided with image: "l-r, standing: 1. James H. Down, Jr.; 2. R. Whipple; 3. Rulon Earl; 5. Gerson, H.; 6. Jim Farndale; 7. W. Perons; 8. Bill Peccole; 9. Rex Jarrett. L-r, kneeling in foreground: 10. A. C. Grant - with hammer; 11. Art Chadek - P. H. A. San Francisco."
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Photograph of Menominee Indian Reservation, Keshena, Wisconsin, 1917
Date
1916 to 1918
Description
Description provided with image: "Menominee Indian Reservation, Wisconsin, c. 1917. Taken at Keshena, county seat of Menominee County, Wis. L-R: Mr. Grant (Archie Grant's father); Chief of the Menominee Indians at Keshena; Helen Grant (Archie's'sister)." Handwritten description on the back of the image: "Menominee Reservation, circa 1917. Keshena County seats of Menominee Co. Wis. H. P. Marble stayed at Keshena. Jan 1913 - May 25, 1918. Helen Grant Archie's sister. Chief of the Menominee Indians at "Keshena" and a reservation called "Zoar" that they held their Pow Wow's and meetings. Mrs. Mary Grant's husband. Helen and Archie's father. They were from Phonix, Az. Originally from Ely, Minn. He's about 50 in this photo. Photo by Hermon Percy Marble."
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Photograph of a Mail delivery cart, Las Vegas, 1908
Date
1908
Description
Picture was taken in 1908. David (could not remember his last name), Dave Kramer (had a son - Jack Kramer, world famous tennis player. Learned to play on a dirt court where the federal building now stands.), John Kramer (older of the two Kramer boys); Otto Kelley" Westlake ( Kelly is a nickname), one of the Aplin boys (his son is a poltgraph expert at First Interstate Bank). The cart was used to take mail from Post Office to depot by a Mexican named Angel (mail was taken up Fremont Street). One-half sack of mail a day from Las Vegas was all that was sent. Sign on the left says Shoe Shop." Physical object has a diagram included that identifies the position of the people pictured.
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Photograph of the Las Vegas Kiwanis Club members, Las Vegas, February, 1943
Date
1943-02
Description
Las Vegas Kiwanis Club members in February 1943. 1) Quannah McCall 2) Fred Neilson 3) Ed Von Tobel, Sr. 4) Bert Purdy 5) George Franklin, Sr. 6) Unidentified 7) A.D. (Heine) Heinrickson 8) Barney Burger 9) Herb Krause 10) Harve Perry 11) Gray Gubler 12) Dean Bingham 13) Don Carmody 14) Al Wendelbow 15) Hal Slavin 16) (?) Salvation Army 17) Howard Woodbury 18) Dave Farnsworth. Physical object has an insert containing additional biographical information.
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Photograph of Harold Minsky and showgirls, Chicago (Ill.), 1970-1979
Date
1970 to 1979
Description
Harold Minsky poses with six showgirls at the Playboy Hotel. The dancers are wearing rhinestone bikini-style costumes and large feathered headdresses. The Knickerbocker has gone through several incarnations since it opened in 1927. Legend has it that in the 1930s the hotel housed a casino frequented by Al Capone. During World War II and the Korean War, US Armed Forces officers would fill the property's hallways and play cards in the Officer's Club. In 1952, Richard Nixon was nominated Vice President during the Republican National Convention held in the hotel. Finally, in the 1970s it became the Playboy Hotel, owned by Hugh Hefner. Site Name: Playboy Hotel (Chicago, Ill.) Street Address: 163 East Walton Place
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and unidentified man on the flight deck of the Flying Boat, May 12, 1947
Date
1947-05-12
Description
Transcribed from attached press release: "Howard Hughes, right, noted aircraft designer and industrialist is shown for the first time on the flight deck of the famed Hughes flying boat, which he designed and built. It is the largest airplane in the world. The plane is now nearing completion on Terminal Island, in Los Angeles-Long Bay Harbor, May 12, 1947." Los Angeles Harbor is now known as Long Beach Harbor, California.
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