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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Library Society Board, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Front row, L-R: Helen Mortenson, Nevada Assembly member Renee Diamond, UNLV English professor Patricia Geuder. Second row, L-R: unidentified woman, UNLV Libraries employee Marta Sorkin, Blanche Zucker (in yellow dress). Third row, L-R: Shirley Hurt, UNLV librarian Mary Harrison, Susan Jarvis (director of the UNLV Gaming Resource Center), Dr. Robert "Bob" Boord (UNLV College of Education), UNLV librarian Jim McPhee. They are in the Administration conference room of the James Dickinson Library, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Photograph of a group of prominent Las Vegans at a Variety Club event in Mexico City, Mexico circa mid-1950s

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1954 to 1956

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Variety Club event in Mexico City honoring Las Vegas philanthropists and businessspeople. L-R: contractor Ira Goldring (mostly cut off), Lucille Goldring, unidentified man, Fern Kozloff, attorney Art Ham, Doris Ham, Benny Goldstein (partner of Davie Berman at the Flamingo and the Riviera), Mary Murphy, Toni Clark, Desert Inn owner Wilbur Clark, Hotel Last Frontier owner Jake Kozloff, hotel owner Davie Berman.

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Spencer and Georgia Hanna Butterfield Photograph Collection

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The Spencer and Georgia Hanna Butterfield Photograph Collection (approximately 1900-1978) consists of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives of the Hanna and Butterfield families. It also contains images of early and prominent residents of Las Vegas, Nevada such as James Cashman Sr., Las Vegas Chamber of Congress members, Union Pacific Railroad president George Ashby, and many other notable persons from early Las Vegas. The collection also includes photographs taken in Elko County, Nevada, the Hoover Dam, and other Las Vegas area images.

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