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Film stars Rex Lease and Eleanor Hunt on the day they were married in Las Vegas, Nevada. For more information on the image, please see the corresponding story printed in Las Vegas Evening Review Journal on April 15, 1931.

Description provided with image: "Minnie "Ma" Kennedy and Guy Edward "Whataman" Hudson's wedding at Observation Point, overlooking the Hoover Dam site, near Boulder City, Nevada Sept. 19, 1931. L-R: (far left) Ryland G. Taylor, one of Hudson's attorneys; Justice of the Peace Frank M. Ryan; Hudson, holding the license; Ma Kennedy; Mrs. Ryland G. Taylor (dark flowered dress); District Attorney Harley A. Harmon (hat in hand); Mrs. C. P. Squires (hat with feather); Mrs. E. W. Cragin; a reporter; P. L. Lacy, proprietor of Railroad pass store; G. E. "Bud" Bodell, police chief of Boulder City (extreme right). Tall man in very back is Mayor E. W. Cragin of Las Vegas."

Guy Edward "Whataman" Hudson (center, behind counter) and Jack Laubach (in front of the counter and to Hudson's right), at Laubach's Recreation Tavern in Boulder City, Nevada. The tavern was the only place in Boulder City in 1932 where liquor was legal, including "near beer" and 4% wine. Individual Creator credit goes to Elton Garrett.