Name: Las Vegas and Clark County Memories: A Photographic History of the 1940s – 1960s
Brand: Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV)
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Las Vegas and Clark County Memories: A Photographic History of the 1940s – 1960s

A group of women who called themselves the Arizona Panhandlers stand outside a BMI townsite home, 1943. They all lived on Arizona Way at the townsite. From left, Bea Kruger, Sonia Dewart, Bertha Hansen, Ruby Kneip, Laura Bradley, Mary Canup, Corinne Ellsworth and Alice Jane Fitchett. Courtesy HENDERSON LIBRARIES DIGITAL ARCHIVES

Entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. sits poolside at the Riviera with singer Helen Grayco and her bandleader husband, Spike Jones on July 2, 1955.Courtesy Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas, JAY FLORIAN MITCHELL COLLECTION

The Boyd Sisters in front of a band at the Last Frontier Hotel, circa 1945. Courtesy MANIS COLLECTION, UNLV University Libraries Special Collections & Archives

Aerial view of downtown Las Vegas, circa 1960. Fremont Street, also known as Glitter Gulch, is at the center of the photo and ends at the Union Pacific Railroad depot (visible just left of center), which was the future site of the Union Plaza Hotel and Casino. Courtesy Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas

A couple at Last Frontier Village, Las Vegas, circa 1945.Courtesy MANIS COLLECTION, UNLV University Libraries Special Collections & Archives

The Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes, a precision dance and drill team, perform a routine with the top of Hoover Dam behind them, 1957. The routine was part of a Warner Brothers featurette titled “Howdy, Podner.” Courtesy Evelyn Stuckey Collection c/o Cheryl Purdue, UNLV University Libraries Special Collections & Archives

Two anglers display their catch from Lake Mead, circa 1950. Courtesy MANIS COLLECTION, UNLV University Libraries Special Collections & Archives

View of Fremont Street at dusk, including signs for the Golden Nugget, Hotel Apache, Pioneer Club, Boulder Club and Las Vegas Club, circa 1950. Courtesy MANIS COLLECTION, UNLV University Libraries Special Collections & Archives

The family of Robert C. Williams, the first family to live in Carver Park, a segregated area of Henderson, 1943. The Williamses traveled from Arkansas to live in Henderson while Robert worked as a cell attendant for Basic Magnesium Inc. From left, Robert C. Williams, wife Rose Lee and children Theodore (14), Cleopatra (13), Roscoe (9), Clarice (5) and Yvonne (3). Courtesy HENDERSON LIBRARIES DIGITAL ARCHIVES

A visit to the Valley of Fire and its incredible rock formations, circa 1950. Courtesy MANIS COLLECTION, UNLV University Libraries Special Collections & Archives

Students in front of the library at Nevada Southern University, on Maryland Parkway between Flamingo Road and Tropicana Avenue, 1967. The school was called University of Nevada, Southern Division from 1957 to 1965, Nevada Southern University from 1965 to 1969 and finally University of Nevada, Las Vegas (or UNLV) from 1969 forward.Courtesy Las Vegas Review-Journal

Billie Oldham operates a forklift carrying magnesium ingots at Basic Magnesium Inc., 1943. The ingots were shipped out on the railcar located on the track behind Oldham. Courtesy Clark County Museum, BMI COLLECTION / #1974.104G.108

Three soldiers watch a rising mushroom cloud at the Nevada Test Site, circa 1952. From left, Chet Holifield, Sterling Cole and Melvin Price, members of the joint atomic committee.Courtesy National Atomic Testing Museum

The Clark County Sheriff’s Aero Squad, circa 1950.Courtesy Clark County Museum / #2016.2593G.64

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The Las Vegas Review-Journal is pleased to present this hardcover coffee-table book, "Las Vegas and Clark County Memories: A Photographic History of the 1940s – 1960s." This heirloom-quality, 160-page book features a glimpse of life in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s in stunning historic photos from local archives as well as never-before-published submissions from our readers.

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Title: Las Vegas and Clark County Memories: A Photographic History of the 1940s – 1960s
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Title: Las Vegas and Clark County Memories: A Photographic History of the 1940s – 1960s
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Size: 11.375" x 9.75" x 0.5"
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