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Folder 17
MR. AND MRS. E.W. CRAGIN COLLECTION
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Early Las Vegas
01 Big Spring [?]
02 Clark’s train thru Las Vegas, probably 1906
03 Train in Las Vegas (same as Wilson 0014 0222). Probably late 1920’s
Street scenes, ca. 1910 (dupl. In other collections; may be RR photos)
04 Las Vegas Station, early view
05 North First, looking south from Arizona Club
06 EL Patio Hotel between Ogden and Fremont on 2nd.
07 Ogden, rt. To let, 2nd St. looking s.e.
08 3rd St. Ogden at right looking east
09 Fremont Street ( snow scene)
Air planes, air service
10 Initiation of air mail contract, April 17, 1926
11 Western Air Express plane
12 Unident. Pilot and woman by Boeing open cockpit bi plane
13 Group of Las Vegas people including Lucille Cragin in front of plane
El Portal Theatre
14 Beginning of construction
15 Midway through construction
16 Construction nearly complete
17 Interior, fully lit
18 Interior, stage lit
19 Charleston Boulevard
20 Charleston catty corner from hospital; Mr. Pike’s cotton (these are roses not cotton)
Swimming
21 Swimming hole (Ladd’s Resort?)
22 Outfitted swimmers at swimming hole
23 Two swimmers: Totie Woods; Seely Cragin
Later Las Vegas
El Portal
24 Mr. Reynolds, Ernie Cragin on balcony of El Portal, Fremont ST. in distance.
25 Advertising auto, Paramount Wee, in front of theatre
26 Advertising car, close up Shirley Temple cut out
27 TWA plane and spectators
28 Artesian well at Cragin home
Helldorado
29 Jail, Kangaroo Court
30 First Helldorado, group in rented costumes
31 Costumed group featuring Cragins at Apache Hotel
32 Horseback rider in parade (Swiss Village Restaurant in background)
33 Seely Cragin in Desert Love Buggy (Fremont Street)
34 Ernie Cragin in Desert Love Buggy
35 Ernie and Seely Cragin and Gov. Carville in Helldorado costume
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Rodeos (probably Helldorado)
36 Rider Conrad T. Nordenstrom
37 Unident. Rider (photos shot by Cragin’s son, Marleau , at old rodeo
38 Unident. Rider grounds near present Post Office, 3rd and Stewart)
39 Unident. Rider
40 Unident. Rider
41 Unident. Rider
42 Unident. Rider
43 Unident. Rider
44 Unident. Rider
Military (most probably at LV Army Air Gunnery School, now Nellis AFB
45 E.W Cragin, Maj. Charleston, Congressman Bunker in front of plane
46 Lt. Col. Kidd, Mayor Cragin, Col. Mason, Bunker, Lt. Col. Cook in front of Las Vegas Army Gunnery School headquarters
47 LVAAF Air Crew briefing before mission
48 Las Vegas “old timers” at Nellis
49 Groundbreaking
50 Civilians and military in front of building , probably Nellis
51 Cragin and military brass, Key [?], or Vail [?], Pittman
52 Cragin and military brass
53 Cragin and military brass
54 Banquet, civilians and military
Boulder City
55 View of portion of residential area
Colorado River, Boulder (Hoover) Dam
56 Wooden boat on river
57 Fishing , Walter Bates , Ernie Cragin
58 Merle Emery ferry, close-up
59 Merle Emery ferry in distance
60 River ferry
61 River ferry in distance
62 River and Fortification Mountain in distance
63 Black Canyon
64 Ragtown
65 Marleau Cragin taking picture of dam under construction
66 Close-up of #65
Tonopah
67 “Train to Tonopah” is caption. Probably Tonopah & Tidewater near Beatty.
Macon, Georgia
68 Cotton Field, Nov. 1918
South Pacific
69 Military men and sign for Las Vegas City Limits, 63336 mi., Ernie Cragin, Mayor
Unidentified location
70 Holiday celebration
71 Holiday celebration
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People
72 Wedding Day, Ernie and Lucille Cragin, Oct, 3, 1917, in Pike auto
73 Son Marleau and Mrs. Cragin
74 Marleau and Marjory Gusewelle (Phillips)
75 Cragin’s sister Bernice and Mrs. Cragin
76 Art and Alta Ham
77 Bust of Patrick McCarran
78 Patrick McCarran listening to Greenspun discussing McCarthy
79 Margaret Newton and baby, William J.
80 Bill Pike and group in electric car.
81 Bill Pike and group in electric cars.
82 Mrs. Schuyler (Ruth Cahlan’s aunt) unident. Lady and Mrs. Cragin
83 Group in car including M/M Ralph Thomas , Bill Pike, Bess and Mr. Pembroke, Dr. Martin
84 Uniformed person (Dr. J. Martie), Mayor Cragin and Governor Vail Pittman
85 Group including Art and Alta Ham, Ernie and Seely Cragin
86 Seely Cragin and Lee Wallace in costume (may be Helldorado related. Lee Wallace was first Helldorado queen)
87 Ladies including Billie Yates, Seely Cragin, Mrs. Sam (Floss) Lawson
88 Las Vegas Sorority
89 Wedding party at Cragin home including “Doc”Sorenson, Rev. Harold Broughton, Sorensen’s two daughters
90 Wedding party at Cragin home, James and Donna Henri, and Cragins
91 Men’s organization including Cragin, Archie Grant
92 Panel including Bob Moore , Reed Whipple , Mayor Cragin, Bill Peccole, Wendell Bunker
93 Ritz Brothers
94 Humanitarian Award Banquet, Variety Clubs International, including Art Ham, SR.
95 Presentation by Cragin to unident. Nevada Governor
96 Group photo of above event including Clifford and Okabelle Jones
97 Men’s banquet including Archie Grant, Bob Griffith , Cragin
98 Presentation by Cragin to unident. Man
99 Cragins and dinner party including Kamil A. Rahim , Ambassador of Egypt
100 Cragins and unident. Dinner party
101 Yellow Pine Mining Co. flat car with people at Goodsprings. May be same group as shown in Squires Album 4.27
102 Unident. Group in western attire including E.W. Cragin
103 Dorothy Smith Variety club , Seely Cragin in western attire on bucking steer and bronco (appear to be fake animals)
104 Group at Variety Club International Convention Banquet, London, including Art and Alta Ham, Rex Bell
105 Same convention, formal Banquet
106 Party goers around table at event given by Cork Bryant, including Pittman and Seely Cragin
107 Six Companies , LV businessmen, Boulder City (dup. in Cashman Collection)
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SEE ALSO PHOTO ALBUM AND MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
