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Program for the Silver Anniversary Ambassador's Ball at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Vassili greeting Mr. and Mrs. William Shapiro at his art exhibit in the Gold Room at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Handwritten description provided on back of image: "Vassili Sulich greeting Mr. & Mrs. William Shapiro at his art exhibit - Gold Room, Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas, Jan 27. (Mrs. Shapiro behind Vassili). Others l. to. r. : Mrs. Maury Stevens, Mrs. Preston Feinberg, Maury Stevens, Mrs. Q. E. Fortier. (Maury Stevens is editor and publisher of Las Vegas Life Magazine). Preston Fienberg is exec. V. P. of Tropicana. Mrs. Fortier is wife of Dr. Q. E. Fortier, owner of Women's Hospital (L.V.) and one of the nations leading gynecologists, former prof. of anatomy at Univ. of Minn. and Colonel in Air Force attached to Nellis Air Force (L.V.). He also was called in on the recent tragedy of the Apollo at Cape Kennedy; he flew out the same day, Jan 27th."

Yvonne Fried, M.D., and Joan “Joni” Fried are the daughters of Milton and Esther Fried, the founders of Freed’s Bakery—the standard to which all other Las Vegas bakeries are held. When the Fried family moved to Las Vegas in 1955, Joni was born here, the fifth child, of the entrepreneurial Milton, a musician by night, and his industrious wife Esther, who guided the family business. As Esther’s 2006 obituary reads: in 1959 the couple opened “a snack bar, selling donuts and Danish, at the Panorama Market on West Charleston, while Milt played in the show band at the Sahara Hotel in the evenings.” For Yvonne and Joni, this made for a rather busy and interesting household to grow up in. Their Jewish upbringing was at Temple Beth Sholom. Photo above honors the multi-generations of the Freed’s Bakery tradition: (L-R) Joni Fried, Anthony & Sarah Fusco (Joni’s daughter) Max Jacobson Fried (Yvonne’s son) holding his son Lucas, and (far right) is his wife Emilia.