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Film transparency of women on diving boards at Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn (Las Vegas), circa 1950s

Date
1950 to 1959
Description

Two women pose on diving boards at the swimming pool at the Desert Inn. Other guests relax in the adjoining courtyard. The neon sign over the resort's entrance is visible from the courtyard.
Site Name: Desert Inn
Address: 3045 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of two women near the front entrance of the Thunderbird Hotel (Las Vegas), circa 1950s

Date
1950 to 1959
Description

Entrance of the Thunderbird Hotel showing the porte-cochère and the marquee. Stamped on original: "Please credit Union Pacific Railroad Photo."
Site Name: Thunderbird Hotel
Address: 2755 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of Florence Chadwick sitting on the diving board at the swimming pool of the Hotel Last Frontier, 1950s

Date
1950 to 1959
Description

Florence Chadwick, the first American woman to swim the English Channel both directions, at the swimming pool of the Hotel Last Frontier.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of Frontier Hotel suite (Las Vegas), 1970s

Date
1970 to 1979
Description

View of a suite at the Frontier Hotel. Handwritten text on photo sleeve: "Suite, Frontier Hotel. Woman possibly is Doris Day." Stamp on back of photo: "Allen photographers."
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of the interior of the Boulder Club (Las Vegas), August 1953

Date
1953-08
Description

Casino area of the Boulder Club. Transcribed from original: "Inside the old Boulder Club on Fremont St. Now part of the Horseshoe taken from the bar area looking East. In the front Louise (Goble) Meehan, change girl."
Site Name: Boulder Club
Address: 118 East Fremont Street

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Photograph of the swimming pool at Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn (Las Vegas), circa 1950's

Date
1950 to 1959
Description

Staged photo of swimmers at the Desert Inn's swimming pool. Stamp on back of photo: "Please credit Union Pacific Railroad Photo."
Site Name: Desert Inn
Address: 3045 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of the view of Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn courtyard from the observation deck (Las Vegas), 1950s

Date
1950 to 1959
Description

Two women in the Desert Inn observation deck area looking out over the pool. Stamp on back of photo: "Please credit Union Pacific Railroad Photo."
Site Name: Desert Inn
Address: 3045 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of women and man standing at railroad depot, Las Vegas (Nev.), early 1900s

Date
Unknown year in the century of the 1900s
Description

Group of women in white aprons and a man in a suit stand in front of the SP, LA, and SL Railroad Depot, Las Vegas. [Taken in the early 1900s] None of the individuals are identified. This image is the uncropped version of 0266_022, pho026002. The women may be "Harvey Girls," waitresses who worked at Fred Harvey's Harvey House restaurants.

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Photograph of five women standing at railroad depot, Las Vegas (Nev.), early 1900s

Date
Unknown year in the century of the 1900s
Description

Some of the same women from the previous photos pose in front of the SP, LA, and SL Railroad Depot in Las Vegas. [Taken in the early 1900s] To see the other images of women in front of the depot, reference 0266-022-023, pho026002-pho026003. The women may be "Harvey Girls," waitresses who worked at Fred Harvey's Harvey House restaurants.

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UNLV Alliance Francaise Society: photographic print

Date
1969
Description

A woman holds an unidentified check with three unidentified men standing around her. Assistant professor Jean Jacques Rousseau, second from right, of the French Department.

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