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Early Life

0001 Wilbur Clark (left) with his sister Merle, and brother Harold.
0002 Wilbur Clark (center) with sister Merle, brother Harold.
0003 Wilbur Clark (right) with a friend.
0004 Wilbur Clark (right) with Bobby Gordon. (1930s)
0005 Wilbur Clark (right) in Keyesport, Illinois. (early 1920s)
0006 Wilbur Clark when he worked as a bellman, late 1920s, Knickerbocker Hotel, San Diego, Calif.
0007 Wilbur Clark and a friend, Keyesport, Illinois, 1925.
0008 Wilbur Clark (left) and his Best Cleaners uniform, Keyesport, IL, 1924.
0009 Wilbur Clark (left) in Palm Springs, Calif.
0010 Unidentified.
0011 Wilbur Clark
0012 Wilbur Clark, front row, far right.
0013 Wilbur Clark (top row, right) with group of people in the snow. Location was Springfield, Illinois.
0014 Wilbur Clark

Las Vegas - Wilbur Clark

0015 Wilbur Clark (front row, wearing suspenders).
0016 Wilbur Clark (right)
0017 Wilbur Clark (left) outside El Rancho Vegas Hotel & Casino. Hank Greenburg (center)
0018 Silver dollars with Wilbur Clark's likeness on one side and the El Rancho Vegas on the other. Clark had thousands of these made up to pass among his friends after he struck it rich.
0019 Mrs. Wilbur Clark (Toni), right, is hostess with her husband Wilbur a party at the El rancho Vegas honoring the Regent HRH Abdul Ilah of Iraq. The Regent is seated (center) and Mrs. Ted Charleston is at left. (June 27, 1945)
0020 Wilbur Clark
0021 Wilbur Clark holding a glass of beer.
0022 Wilbur Clark involved in woodworking.
0023 Wilbur Clark
0024 Wilbur Clark (left) (photo by Bill Young)
0025 Wilbur Clark in sailing attire
0026 Wilbur Clark in sailing attire. (close-up of #0025)
0027 Wilbur Clark
0028 Wilbur Clark working on modifications to the gambling tables. He used his own designs. (photo by Buck & Swift, Las Vegas)
0029 Wilbur Clark (right)
0030 Wilbur Clark (right)
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Las Vegas - Wilbur Clark (cont'd)

0031 Wilbur Clark posing. He is seated on the diving board at the Desert inn pool. (Desert Sea News Bureau)
0032 Wilbur Clark standing in front of the sign at the Desert Inn.
0033 Wilbur Clark (left) with his wife Toni (partially obscured to left of him) dining at Don the Beachcomber's on Waikiki Beach. Blonde lady is Mrs. Boyd, man at right is her husband William (Hopalong Cassidy) Boyd.
0034 Toni (2nd from left) and Wilbur Clark (rt.), Don the Beachcomber's, Waikiki Beach. William (Hopalong Cassidy) Boyd (left) and his wife Mrs. Boyd (movie star name Gracy Bradley).
0035 Wilbur Clark studies rendering for the Colonial House.
0036 Wilbur Clark in western attire.
0037 Toni Clark (right foreground). L-R: clockwise: Fern Kosloff, (?), Louise Gibson, Mrs. Stocking, Jessie Neary, Evelyn Roen, Toni, (?) - foreground.
0038 L-R: Wilbur Clark, Cliff Jones, tutor Scherer, Morris Kleinman, Jack Petitti.
0039 "Gisella Kleinnons Birthday dinner Feb. '52'" Wilbur Clark (foreground, left of table) and Toni Clark (right of table, 3rd back.)
0040 Wilbur Clark (left)
0041 Toni Clark (2nd from right.)
0042 Toni and Wilbur Clark (center). Bishop James Dwyer (Reno - LV Diocese 1953-1966) at left and Cardinal James Francis McIntyre of Los Angeles at right.
0043 Wilbur Clark relaxes. (Daily Mirror photograph)
0044 Wilbur Clark (standing, 2nd from left); Toni Clark (standing, right). Seated, L-R: Jane Keen, Betty Keen, Mrs. Tucker; standing, left: Sam Tucker.
0045 Wilbur Clark with poodle. (Desert. Seas News Bureau photo)
0046 Wilbur Clark (center); Ben Goffstein (far left); Archie Loveland (2nd from left).

Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn Hotel and Casino

0047 Model of the planned Desert Inn Hotel and Casino.
0048 Wilbur Clark in his office at the Desert Inn. From his window he has a view of the pool.
0049 Wilbur Clark standing beside a car, poolside, at the Desert Inn.
0050 Color postcard of Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn - shows entrance and sign. (postcard is from Jack Dempsey - handwritten insc. on back.)

Desert Inn - First Anniversary Party

0051 Huge cake built in front of the Desert Inn to celebrate the first anniversary of the hotel. Cake was 30 feet high. April 1951.
0052 Giant cake with one candle. Built in front of Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn to celebrate its one year anniversary. Showgirl standing on cake with giant knife.
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Desert Inn - First Anniversary Party (cont'd)

0053 Birthday cake - anniversary of Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn.
0054 Wilbur and Toni Clark at party for first anniversary of the Desert Inn.
0055 Wilbur Clark standing next to an ice sculpture bust of himself - DI's first anniversary party. (April 1951) (Barstow Studio, LV)
0056 Woman poses in front of birthday cake - DI's first. (April 1951)
0057 Wilbur Clark touches ice sculpture bust of himself. (see photo #0055)
0058 Wilbur Clark (rt.) - Fist anniversary party for Desert Inn. (Apr. 1951) left is Bob Stocking, Desert Inn Hotel Manager.
0059 Wilbur Clark (left) - taken during Desert Inn's First Anniversary Party - Apr. 1951.
0060 Wilbur Clark (rt.) at DI's First Anniversary party. (April 1951) Joe Bock (left.)
0061 Wilbur Clark and guest Monique Van Doren at DI's Fist Anniversary Party.
0062 Wilbur Clark (rt.) with guest - DI's First Anniversary Party - Apr. 1951. The woman was a showgirl at the Desert Inn.
0063 Wilbur Clark and his wife Toni - Fist Anniversary Party for the Desert Inn. (April 1951)
0064 Wilbur Clark cuts a piece of cake for his wife Toni. Desert Inn's First Anniversary Party. (April 1951)
0065 Wilbur and Toni Clark eating cake. (see #0064) - April 1951.
0066 Toni & Wilbur Clark eating cake at DI's anniversary party. (April 1951)
0067 Wilbur Clark (4th from left) and some of his guests at the DI's first anniversary party. (April 1951) Liberace is 4th from right.
0068 Wilbur Clark (rt.) at DI First Anniversary Party, April 1951. Joe bock (left), DI showgirl next to him.
0069 Wilbur Clark and guests outside the Desert Inn - April 1951. Was First Anniversary Party for DI. Guests for Tommy McGinty and his wife.
0070 Guests at Desert Inn First Anniversary Party - April 1951. Back in corner is Liberace.
0071 Guests enjoy themselves at DI First Anniversary Party. (April 1951)
0072 Guests celebrating the First Anniversary of the Desert Inn. (April 1951) Liberace (back, center)
0073 Guests at celebration of Desert Inn's first anniversary. (April 1951)
0074 Guests, including Liberace (left), at DI 1st Anniversary Party. (Apr. 1951) Other man is Tommy McGinty.
0075 Guests enjoy the 1st Anniversary Party for the Desert Inn. (Apr. 1941) Liberace is second from right. Man at far left is Tommy McGinty.
0076 Wilbur Clark (rt.) outside Desert Inn Hotel the night of the First Anniversary party. (Apr. 1951) Tommy McGinty (left)
0077 Chef and hotel staff by buffet table set up for the DI First Anniversary Party. (Apr. 1951) Note ice sculpture of Wilbur Clark. (Barstow Studio, LV)
0078 Guests mingle at Desert Inn 1st Anniversary Party. (Apr. 1951)
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Desert Inn - First Anniversary Party (cont'd)

0079 Wilbur Clark (rt.) at DI Anniversary party. (Apr. 1951) Note cake in background bearing his likeness.
0080 Wilbur Clark and guests - DI First Anniversary Party - Apr. 1951.
0081 Desert Inn waitresses survey "ruins" of the cake at the DI First Anniversary Party - Apr. 1951. (Barstow Studio, LV)
0082 Desert Inn chefs standing by buffet table - party for Desert Inn First Anniversary. (Apr. 1951)
0083 Desert Inn First Anniversary - Apr. 1951. Guests and waitresses surround the cake, which bears the likeness of Wilbur Clark.
0084 Wilbur and Toni Clark prepare to serve the cake at the Desert Inn First Anniversary Party. (Apr. 1951) (Barstow Studio, LV)
0085 Chefs and other Desert Inn staff by buffet table - DI First Anniversary Party. (Apr. 1951)
0086 Buffet table at Desert Inn First Anniversary Party (Apr. 1951). (Barstow Studio)
0087 Wilbur Clark serves wife Toni a piece of DI "birthday cake." (Apr. 1951) (Barstow Studio)
0088 Wilbur and Toni Clark at the Desert Inn First Anniversary Party, Apr. 1951.
0089 Wilbur and Toni Clark at the Desert Inn First Anniversary Party, Apr. 1951.
0090 Wilbur Clark (rt.) with guests. Desert Inn First Anniversary Party - Apr. 1951. Joe Bock (left) and Desert Inn showgirl. (Barstow Studio - LV)
0091 Guests clown around at the Desert Inn's First Anniversary party (Apr. 1951)
0092 Desert Inn chef (left) and Pancho Alliati, Head Maitre d' of the Painted Desert Showroom in the DI, Apr. 1951.
0093 Wilbur Clark (center) surrounded by guests at DI First Anniversary party - Apr. 1951. Man seated is Ted Mossman.
0094 Security guards flank the cake at the DI First Anniversary Party - Apr. 1951. (note likeness of Wilbur Clark on the cake.)
0095 Waitresses and guests stand near the DI's First Anniversary birthday cake. (Barstow Studio, LV)
0096 Wilbur Clark (rt.) at DI First Anniversary Party - Apr. 1951. He is shaking hands with his brother Harold Clark.
0097 Band in front of giant birthday cake on grounds of the Desert Inn. Standing in front of them is Wilbur Clark (dark suit). It is the DI's First Anniversary Party - Apr. 1951.
0098 Wilbur Clark being serenaded on CBS Radio by two lovely ladies. He is to the right of the microphone. Occasion is the Desert Inn's First Anniversary Party, Apr. 1951. A song titled "I've Got a Date With Wilbur" was written and dedicated to Wilbur Clark on the Occasion of the first anniversary of the Desert Inn. (words & music by Ted Mossman) Note sheet music in photo - the ladies are singing "his song!"

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Desert Inn - First Anniversary Party (cont'd)

0099 Wilbur Clark (2nd from right.) at DI First Anniversary party. (Apr. 1951) (Barstow Studio, LV) Arnold Porter (2nd from left); Bill Willard (behind Clark in hat); Tommy Neary (far right.)
0100 Wilbur Clark (center) at Desert Inn's First Anniversary - Apr. 1951. Tommy McDonald (rt.)
0101 Guests at Desert Inn First Anniversary celebration. (Apr. 1951) Tommy McGinty (front left) and friends. Bill Ross (far right) and Mrs. McGinty (behind Bill Ross)
0102 Guests of Wilbur Clark - Desert Inn First Anniversary party. (Apr. 1951)
0103 Guests at DI First Anniversary party - Apr. 1951. Joe Bock (left.)
0104 Guests of Wilbur Clark at the Desert Inn First Anniversary party. (Apr. 1941) Tommy McGinty (2nd from left); Mrs. McGinty (right)
0105 Toni Clark (center) at social event. (Apr. 1951) (Barstow Studio, LV) Second from right is Bill Ross.
0106 Liberace (left), Wilbur Clark (2nd from left). (Apr. 1951) Bea Baron (right.)
0107 Wilbur Clark (2nd from left) and his wife Toni (5th from left) seated at piano with friends. (Apr. 1951) Man is Ted Mossman.
0108 Wilbur Clark (2nd from left) and Toni Clark (right) with friends. (Apr. 1951)
0109 Wilbur Clark (rt.) with friends. (Apr. 1951)
0110 Wilbur Clark (2nd from right) with friends. (Apr. 1951)
0111 Wilbur Clark (seated, 5th from right) at dinner with friends. (Apr. 1951) Liberace is seated at Clark's right.
0112 Formal dinner table at Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn. (Apr. 1951)
0113 Formal dining table at Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn. Two staff members in formal attire stand at head of table. (Apr. 1951)
0114 Portrait of Wilbur Clark.
0115 Portrait of Wilbur Clark.
0116 Portrait of Wilbur Clark.
0117 Portrait of Wilbur Clark.

Wilbur Clark's Birthday Party - Dec. 27, 1956

0118 Wilbur Clark (rt.) greets members of his Desert Inn staff at his birthday party. (Dec. 27, 1956)
0119 Buffet table at Wilbur Clark's birthday party at the Desert Inn - Dec. 27, 1956. Pictured are chefs and staff member (?).
0120 Guests at Wilbur Clark's birthday party - Dec. 27, 1956
0121 Wilbur Clark (left) at his birthday party at the Desert Inn, Dec. 27, 1956. He is shaking hands with Pancho Alliati, Maitre d' in the Painted Desert showroom.
0122 Wilbur Clark (left) shakes hands with a guest at his birthday party - Dec. 27, 1956. Guest is Bill Radkovich.

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Wilbur Clark's Birthday Party - Dec. 27, 1956 (cont'd)

0123 Wilbur Clark (left) and his wife Toni (center), standing by his birthday cake. (Dec. 27, 1956) Guest Roland Hill stands at right.
0124 Wilbur Clark (rt.) at his birthday party (Dec. 27, 1956). Cake in background.
0125 Guests at Wilbur Clark's birthday party - Dec. 27, 1956. Patty Tueller (left), Laura Coniglio (facing camera, center)
0126 Guests chatting at Wilbur Clark's birthday party. (Dec. 27, 1956)
0127 Wilbur Clark's birthday cake. (Dec. 27, 1956)
0128 Wilbur Clark (left) with guests at his birthday party. (Dec. 27, 1956) Sid Bliss (center) and Merv Adelson (right).
0129 Wilbur Clark's birthday party, Dec. 27, 1956. L-R: Bob Notti, Dr. Elliott Corday, Chic Ross, Toni Clark, (?).
0130 Evelyn and Max Goot, guests at Wilbur Clark's birthday party. (Dec. 27, 1956)
0131 Guests enjoying the buffet at Wilbur Clark's birthday party. (Dec. 27, 1956) L-R: (?), Joyce Mack, Lori Adelson, Jerry Mack.
0132 Guests at Wilbur Clark's birthday party. (Dec. 27, 1956) Ladies, L-R: Helen Doyle, (?), Patsy Goldwater, Betty Boyle.
0133 Guests at Wilbur Clark's birthday party. (Dec. 27, 1956) L-R: Maury Soss, Olga Soss, and Fran Moore.
0134 Guests at Wilbur Clark's birthday party. (Dec. 27, 1956) L-R: Joe E. Lewis, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Beldon Katleman.
0135 Guests at Wilbur Clark's birthday party. (Dec. 27, 1956) Moe Dalitz (left)
0136 Guests at Wilbur Clark's birthday party. (Dec. 27, 1956) L-R: Lori Adelson, Joyce Mack, Millie Greenspun.
0137 Wilbur Clark (left) greets guests at his birthday party (Dec. 27, 1956) The guests are Mr. and Mrs. Sweeney from Best Western.
0138 Bernie and Muriel Rothkopf, party at the Clarks' home. (Wilbur's birthday?)
0139 Guests Allard Roen (right) and his father at Wilbur Clark's birthday party. (Dec. 27, 1956) Allard Roen was general manager of the Desert Inn.
0140 L-R: Joan Bommarito, Pete Bommarito, Dottie Goffstein, Chic Ross, Lou Ross, Toni Clark; Margaret Blankenship (front). Dec. 27, 1956, Clark's home.
0141 Toni Clark (back to camera) chats with a guest at her husband Wilbur's birthday party. (Dec. 27, 1956)
0142 Wilbur Clark (rt.) shows off his electronic equipment to a guest, Joe Bock. It was the closed circuit TV system in the Clarks' home at 331 E. Desert Inn Road.
0143 Guests at Wilbur Clark's birthday party - Dec. 27, 1956. L-R: Mark Swain, Jackie (last name ?), (?), Betty Boyle, Joanne Swain, Bob Notti.
0144 Guests at Wilbur Clark's birthday party - Dec. 27, 1956. Bob Notti (right)
0145 Wilbur Clark shakes hands with a guest at his birthday party. (Dec. 27, 1956)
0146 Wilbur Clark and guest Joe Bock - Clark's birthday party (Dec. 27, 1956)
0147 Wilbur Clark shakes hands with the chef - Clark's birthday party. (Dec. 27, 1956)
0148 Lavish buffet table - Wilbur Clark's birthday party. (Dec. 27, 1956)
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Wilbur and Celebrities

0149 L-R: Toni and Wilbur Clark, Edward G. Robinson, (?). (Pls credit: Bill Mark, Park Sheraton Hotel, NYC)
0150 L-R: Bennett Cerf, and Wilbur Clark.
0151 L-R: Bobby Baker, Toni and Wilbur Clark
0152 Wilbur Clark and John F. Kennedy.
0153 L-R: Tony Curtis, Wilbur Clark, and Janet Leigh. (El Mirador Photo, by Conrad Hug)
0154 Front, L-R: Bob Hope and Walter Winchell. Kneeling, back right, is Wilbur Clark. Golf tournament at the Desert Inn Golf Course.
0155 L-R: Wilbur Clark, Jack Benny, Tony Martin, Marty Allen.
0156 L-R: Moe Dalitz, Elvis Presley, Juliet Prowse, Wilbur and Toni Clark, Cecil Simmons, Joe Franks (standing behind W. Clark)
0157 Wilbur Clark (left), "John Daley, Harry Wismer"
0158 Wilbur Clark (left) shakes hands with Lyndon B. Johnson.

The Wilbur Clark Home

0159 Living room in the Clarks home adjacent to the Desert Inn golf course; 331 E. Desert Inn Road.
0160 Another view of the living room in the Wilbur Clark home.
0161 The Wilbur Clark's living room - note wall of Arizona stone behind the 40-foot sofa quilted in a Moorish motif. Room also has circular fireplace.
0162 Master bedroom in the Wilbur Clark home.
0163 Master bedroom in the Wilbur Clark home.
0164 The Wilbur Clark's master bedroom.
0165 Wilbur Clark's dressing room in the Clark home, 331 E. Desert Inn Rd. (1955)
0166 Master bedroom in the Wilbur Clark home. (Oct. 1955)
0167 The dining room in the Wilbur Clark home at 331 E. Desert Inn Rd, Las Vegas. (Oct. 1955)
0168 View of the fireplace in the Clarks' living room. (Wilbur Clark in chair?)
0169 View of fireplace and closed circuit television system in the Clarks' living room.
0170 Close-up of closed-circuit television in the Clarks' living room
0171 The living room in the Wilbur Clark home.
0172 Swimming pool [Wilbur Clark home?]
0173 CBS Television trucks outside the Wilbur Clark home.
0174 CBS Television crew outside the Wilbur Clark home.
0175 Wilbur Clark's private swimming pool at his home adjacent to the Desert Inn golf course.
0175a Wilbur Clark's private swimming pool at his home adjacent to the Desert Inn Golf course. Close-up of the wall mural next to the pool. The pool was located off the master bedroom at their home at 331 E. Desert Inn Road. (Oct. 1955)
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The Wilbur Clark Home (cont'd)

0176 CBS Television crew setting up equipment outside the Wilbur Clark home. They filmed the "Person to Person" TV program with Edward R. Murrow at the Clark home, 331 #. Desert Inn Rd., featuring the Clarks and their home. (May 15, 1957)
0177 Same.
0178 Same.
0179 Same.
0180 Same.
0181 CBS TV crew members set up equipment outside the Wilbur Clark home.
0182 Same.
0183 Same.
0184 Same.
0185 Wilbur Clark (left) chats with man as CBS crew sets up at the Clark home.
0186 Wilbur Clark (left) with CBS Television crew at his home.
0187 Wilbur Clark sitting on his lawn reading a newspaper. (1957)
0188 Wilbur Clark with his pet poodle. (CBS TV crew in background, at his home.)
0189 CBS television crew preparing to shoot in the Wilbur Clark home.
0190 Same.
0191 Same.
0192 Same.
0193 Same.
0194 Same.
0195 Same.
0196 Same.
0197 Same.
0198 Same.
0199 Toni Clark takes a peek into CBS TV camera as crew member watches. (Outside the Clark home, 1957)
0200 CBS TV crew member "hooks up" Wilbur Clark (left) in preparation for filming the show.
0201 Wilbur Clark stands outside entrance to his home.
0202 Toni Clark, standing outside her front door, is being filmed by CBS TV crew. (1957)
0203 Wilbur Clark in front of his closed-circuit television in his home.
0204 Toni Clark displays a centerpiece in her home.
0205 Wilbur Clark answering the telephone. He is being filmed in his home by CBS TV. (1957)
0206 CBS people at the Wilbur Clark home. They are drinking a toast.
0207 Toni and Wilbur Clark (2nd and 3rd from left). Preparing to drink a toast with CBS-TV people. (1957)
0208 Wilbur and Toni Clark.

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The Wilbur Clark Home (cont'd)

0209 Toni and Wilbur Clark on CBS-TV show. Show was filmed at the Clark home in Las Vegas, 331 E. Desert Inn Rd. (May 15, 1957) The show was "Person to Person" with Edward R. Murrow.
0210 Toni and Wilbur Clark on CBS-TV - show was filmed at their home in Las Vegas. (1957)
0211 Wilbur Clark on CBS-Television show filmed at his home in Las Vegas. (1957)
0212 Wilbur Clark on CBS-TV. The show was filmed at his home in Las Vegas. (1957)

Toni Clark - Early

0213 Salvatore Gaglionese (Toni Clark's father), born in Naples, Italy. He is surrounded by his children, L-R: Rose, Josephine (Toni's half-sisters), Don (her brother), Lena (Toni), Frank (Toni's half-brother).
0214 Coleman Grammar School, Seattle, WA (January 1930). Toni Gaglionese Clark (3rd from left.)

Celebrities and Friends

0215 L-R: Wilbur and Toni Clark, Nevada Governor E.P. Carville, Larry Allen (AP war correspondent). Photo taken in Governor's office in Reno, Aug. 2, 1944, on the Clarks' wedding day.
0216 Party at the Stardust, 1960s. Back row, standing, L-R: Jay Sarno, Toni Clark, Hank Greenspun, and Kirk Kerkorian. Front row, L-R: Jean Kerkorian, Charlie Harrison, Mrs. [Jay] Sarno, Theda Harrison, Harold Ambler, Barbara Greenspun.
0217 Wilbur Clark's 50th birthday party. L-R: Harold Clark (Wilbur's brother), Betty & Bill Good, Evelyn Partridge, Wilbur & Toni Clark, (?), (?), Ted Partridge.
0218 Back, L-R: Laurie Adelson, Toni Clark, Avril Dalitz, Shirley Fructhman, Katherine Simmons, Betty Grable, Evelyn Roen. Front, L-R: Muriel Rothkopf, Bo Weinerger, Mrs. Weinerger.
0219 L-R: Toni Clark, Barbara Greenspun, (unidentified), Steve Wynn, Elaine Wynn. (1970s at Golden Nugget)
0220 Opening of the Desert Inn Hotel and Casino - April 23, 1950. L-R: Mayor E.W. Cragin, Governor Vail Pittman, "Charlie McCarthy", Edgar Bergen, Wilbur Clark
0221 Carmen Miranda performing in the Painted Desert Room at the Desert Inn Hotel and Casino.
0222 Toni Clark - named Best Dressed Hostess by Fashion Foundation of America, 1958.
0223 Toni Clark (left) and Chet Lauck (of the Lum and Abner Radio Show). At one time he owned Spring Mountain ranch and later sold it to Vera Krupp.
0224 Toni and Wilbur Clark. (Pls. Credit: bill Mark, Park Sheraton Hotel, NYC)

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Celebrities and Friends (cont'd)

0225 L-R: Wilbur Clark; Floyd Lamb; Roger Foley; Sen. Alan Bible; Sen. Howard Cannon; Mike Hines; Grant Sawyer. They are standing behind a Texas steer with the initials "LBJ"
0226 Wilbur Clark (back of table, facing to side) and his wife Toni (far right, same table) at a formal dinner at the Hotel Astor, New York City. (Pls. Credit: Bill Mark, Park Sheraton Hotel, NYC)
0227 Wilbur Clark (facing camera at round table, center0 at a formal dinner at the Astor Hotel, New York City, (credit: Bill Mark, Park Sheraton Hotel, NYC)
0228 Wilbur Clark (round table in tux, facing camera) and his wife Toni (next to priest, far right) at a formal dinner at the Hotel Astor in NYC. (Credit: Bill Mark, Park Sheraton Hotel, NYC)
0229 Formal dinner at the Hotel Astor in NYC. Wilbur Clark (center of picture, leaning his elbow on the table to the right. (Credit: Bill Mark, Park Sheraton Hotel, NYC.)
0230 Japanese dancers arrive in the states enroute to their first American engagement in Las Vegas. (Oct. 1957) Wilbur Clark, Las Vegas innkeeper, receives a bouquet from Fuji Tauabe, head of the chorus line. They will appear in "Japanese Review" at the Desert Inn Hotel. (Credit: V.M. Hanks, Jr., St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco.)
0231 Fuji Tauabe, head of Japanese chorus line, presents bouquet to Wilbur Clark. (Oct. 1957) (see photo #0230) (credit: V.M. Hanks, Jr.) The chorus line appeared in "Japanese Review" at the Desert Inn Hotel.
0232 Wilbur Clark surrounded by Japanese dancers. (Oct. 1957) (see photo #0230)
0233 Wilbur Clark surrounded by Japanese dancers. (Oct. 1957) (see photo #0230) (credit: V.M. Hanks, Jr.)
0234 Wilbur Clark with a foreign visitor from Nepal. (shown at the Clark home.)
0235 Wilbur Clark talking on over-sized old-fashioned telephone. (credit: Mark Swain)
0236 Wilbur Clark (left) and Toni Clark, his wife (right). (Las Vegas News Bureau photo) Center: Mrs. Alice Pierce and Jan Pierce.
0237 Wilbur Clark (left) with Noel Coward. (ERA photos)
0238 Wilbur Clark (left) and Jimmy Durante. (Nov. 13, 1951) (Barstow Studio, LV)
0239 Zsa Zsa Gabor and Wilbur Clark. (photo by Allen A. Arthur, the Flamingo Hotel)
0240 William (Hopalong Cassidy) Boyd and Wilbur Clark (right)
0241 Walter Winchell on motorcycle, Bob Hope, and Wilbur Clark. (man at left not identified.)
0242 L-R, front: Eartha Kitt, Gloria Dehaven, Walter Winchell, Bob Hope; Bill Kozloff (behind Hope), Wilbur Clark, Walter Winchell's son (front, right), Joe E. Lewis (back, far right). (Credit: Bill Mark, Park Sheraton Hotel.)
0243 Wilbur Clark (left) and Rudy Vallee (rt.) At center is Vallee's wife.
0244 Wilbur Clark (left) with Eddie Fisher.

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Celebrities and Friends (cont'd)

0245 Wilbur Clark (left) watches Donald O'Connor play a slot machine. (Art Weissman photo)
0246 L-R: Wilbur Clark, Gwen O'Connor, Donald O'Connor, Janet Leigh, Marie MacDonald (?). (photo by Hyman Fink)
0247 Opening night, Nationale Casino in Cuba (first casino in hotel in Cuba). L-R: Tommy McGinty, Terry Moore, Wilbur Clark.
0248 Wilbur Clark (left) and Elvis Presley.
0249 Wilbur Clark (2nd from right) and Edward G. Robinson (far right). (credit: Bill Mark, Park Sheraton Hotel) At left is Sid Caesar.
0250 Wilbur Clark (directly behind the cake) with the Ritz Brothers. (Barstow Studio) L-R: Joe Bock, Al Ritz, Harry Ritz, Clark, Jimmy Ritz, Pancho Alliati.
0251 Wilbur Clark (rt.)
0252 Wilbur Clark (left). Actor Errol Flynn (seated). Ralph Stone (right)
0253 Wilbur Clark and Gracie Allen.
0254 Toni and Wilbur Clark (center). (see #0302 for id's.)
0255 Wilbur Clark (left). (credit: Randazzo and Morrison, Inc.)
0256 Sir Winston Churchill (left) and Wilbur Clark.
0257 Harry F. Truman (left) and Wilbur Clark.
0258 Wilbur Clark (left) shakes hands with Eleanor Roosevelt.
0259 Wilbur Clark (rt.). Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Representatives (left)
0260 Wilbur Clark (left). George Allen (rt.) (credit: Buck & Swift Photography, L.V.)
0261 Wilbur Clark (left) and Governor Frank Clement of Tennessee. Picture autographed by Clement for Wilbur and his wife Toni. (July 1957)
0262 Wilbur Clark swings a bat for his Desert Inn team.
0263 Wilbur Clark (back 2nd from left) and his wife Toni (front, seated, 2nd from left) entertain foreign visitors. (see photo #0234) The visitors from Neal are pictured in the Clark home. Man standing at far right is Bob Notti.
0264 Wilbur Clark (center) with Nevada Governor Charles Russell and Mrs. Russell. (8-13-53)
0265 Wilbur Clark (left) with Governor Vail Pittman.
0266 Wilbur Clark (left) with Chief Justice Earl Warren.
0267 Wilbur Clark (left) with Adlai S. Stevenson.
0268 Wilbur Clark shakes hands with Adlai Stevenson (rt.) (photo taken by Mark Swain, Desert Inn)
0269 Walter Winchell (left) with Wilbur Clark. Winchell is accepting a check from Clark for the Damon Runyan Memorial Fund for Cancer Research Inc.
0270 Wilbur Clark (rt.). At left is Kenshaw Landis, commissioner of baseball.
0271 Wilbur Clark, kneeling behind. He was involved in charity work such as helping these handicapped children. Woman is Connie Boswell. (photo by Eric George Enterprise, Las Vegas)

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Celebrities and Friends (cont'd)

0272 Wilbur Clark (left) and group looking at Clark's famous race horse Dumpty Humpty. His horse set a world record for six furlongs in 1:08 flat. (Nov. 2, 1957) William Radkovich is co-owner of Dumpty Humpty. He is standing next to Clark. Standing next to horse is Don Early. Pete Moreno (Sp?) is the jockey.
0273 Photograph of $35,000 check donated by the Desert Inn to the Damon Runyan Memorial Fund for Cancer Research Inc. (see photo #0269) (credit: Bill Mark, Park Sheraton Hotel, NYC)
0274 Dumpty Humpty, race horse owned by Wilbur Clark and William Radkovich, leads in the race. (see photo #0272)
0275 Top: Dumpty Humpty setting world record six furlongs in 1:08, Golden Gate Field, Nov. 2, 1957. Peter Moreno, is jockey. Wilbur Clark and William Radkovich are owners.
0276 Wilbur Clark (rt.) in baseball uniform. At left is Leo Durocher.
0277 Jockey Peter Moreno rides Dumpty Humpty (left), world famous race horse owned by Wilbur Clark and William Radkovich.
0278 L-R: Wilbur Clark, waiter, Frank Sennes, Allard Roen. In Rome at Alfredo's Restaurant.
0279 Wilbur Clark (left) on the ski slopes at Sun Valley, Idaho. His wife Toni is 5th from right. Others in group are L-R: (Toni), Bill and Betty Good, Evelyn and Ted Partridge.
0280 Wilbur and Toni Clark (left) take a skiing lesson with others. L-R: Bill Good, Betty Good, Evelyn Partridge, Ted Partridge. Sun Valley, Idaho.
0281 Wilbur Clark on skis.
0282 Wilbur and Toni Clark (left) on skis with group at Sun Valley. Others, L-R: Bill and Betty Good, Evelyn and Ted Partridge.
0283 Wilbur Clark (2nd from left), trying to box. L-R: Jack Dempsey, Clark, George Carpentier, Luis Firpo. (Las Vegas News Bureau)
0284 Wilbur Clark (3rd from left) with group of men outside the Rocky Marciano Training Camp. L-R: Eugene Murphy, Max Houston, Clark, Harold Clark (Wilbur's brother), Chic Ross. (photo credit: Bill Mark)
0285 Wilbur Clark (left) shakes the hand of Rocky Marciano, boxing champ.
0286 Wilbur Clark (left) and Rocky Marciano.
0287 Wilbur Clark (left) spars with Rocky Marciano.
0288 Wilbur Clark (left) and Rocky Marciano.
0289 Rocky Marciano (left) and Wilbur Clark.
0290 Wilbur Clark (center)
0291 Wilbur Clark receiving a massage. (David Sutton photography)
0292 Wilbur Clark (right) with friend in a golf cart.
0293 Wilbur Clark golfing. Friend stands in background.
0294 Wilbur Clark (in golf cart). Desert Inn Golf Course.
0295 Wilbur Clark (right) swinging a golf club.
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Celebrities and Friends (cont'd)

0296 Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev and his wife at a reception. (He is the big bald man; she is the plump lady wearing a corsage.) (photo property of Life Magazine.)
0297 Same
0298 Same
0299 Same
0300 Same
0301 Same
0302 Same
0303 Same
0304 Same
0305 Same
0306 L-R: Wilbur Clark, Wiley Buchanan, chief of protocol for Nixon. (Life Magazine)
0307 Wilbur Clark (2nd from right) at a reception for Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. (photo property of Life Magazine.)

Miscellaneous

0308 Stardust Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV. (1950s-60s)
0309 Blair House (Motel and Apartments), Las Vegas, NV. (1950s-60s)

Additions to Collection

0310 "Tournament of Champions" held at the Desert Inn Golf Course December 1962. L-R: Walter Winchell, (?), Wilbur Clark, Muriel Rothkopf, Toni Clark.
0311 "Party at Clark Residence 1975 - 'Classy Ladies'" L-R: Katherine Simmons, Charlene Scott, Toni Clark, Ramona Gustin (on floor)
0312 Variety Club event in Mexico City honoring Las Vegas charity people. L-R: Ira Goldring (builder), wife Lucille, unknown, Fern Kozloff (wife of Frontier owner, Jake Kozloff), Art Ham (attorney), his wife Doris, Benny Goldstein (partner of Davie Berman at the Flamingo and the Riviera), Mary Murphy, Toni Clark, Wilbur Clark, Jake Kozloff, Davie Berman. (1950s-1960s)
0313 Hank Greenspun dancing with his wife Barbara. (no date)
0314 L-R: (?), Sam and Fay Diamond, Art and Ellie Lurie, Evelyn Good, Max Goot.
0315 Harley Harmon (left) and Wilbur Clark
0316 Wilbur and Toni Clark (1958)
0317 Standing, L-R: Lori Adelson, Toni Clark, Avril Dalitz, Shirley Fructhman, Katherine Simmons, actress Betty Grable, Evelyn Roen. Front, L-R: Muriel Rothkopf, Bo Weinerger, Nita Weinerger.
0318 Lou Larrimore (left), Wilbur Clark driving - Desert Inn Golf Course. Guardian Angel Shrine in right background. Woman not identified.
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Additions to Collection (cont'd)

0319 Debbie Reynolds' parents, Toni Clark, (?), Debbie Reynolds.
0320 L-R: Wilbur Clark, Eddie Fisher, Toni Clark, Duke Zeibert.
0321 L-R: Steve Rossi, Ed Sullivan, Toni Clark, Mrs. Rossi, Sylvia Sullivan, Frenchie, Marty Allen. (near Versailles Room, Riviera Hotel.)
0322 Wilbur Clark (far left); Eddie Fisher (seated 2nd from right) Toni Clark (far right)
0323 Wilbur Clark (far left); Eddie Fisher (seated, 2nd from right); Toni Clark. (far right)
0324 L-R: Joe Bock, Jimmy Durante, Wilbur Clark.
0325 "Sky Room, Desert Inn Hotel". L-R: Keeley Smith, Nita Weinerger, Betty Grable, Bo Weinerger, Toni Clark.
0326 Wilbur Clark in his office. Behind him is a collage made up of photographs of him with celebrities.
0327 Desert Inn private airplane with contestants for Miss Universe Beauty Pageant. (1956)
0328 Toni & Wilbur Clark standing next to the Desert Inn yacht cruise boat (1952) (May have been when boat was christened)
0329 Wilbur Clark by the Roman Pool at his Desert Inn residence. (1955)
0330 Wilbur Clark by the Roman pool at his residence on Desert Inn. (1955)
0331 Wilbur Clark standing by the columns near the Roman pool at his residence. (1955)
0332 The Roman pool at the Wilbur Clark residence on Desert Inn Rd. (1955)
0333 Looking towards the sky from the pool at the Wilbur Clark residence.(1955)
0334 The Roman pool off the master bedroom of the Wilbur Clark residence. (1955)
0335 Wilbur Clark displays the family coat of arms while standing by a Roman statue at his pool, at his residence on Desert Inn Rd. (1955)
0336 Wilbur Clark serving drinks to an unidentified guest at his home. The indoor-outdoor bar has a sliding glass door.
0337 Front door of the Wilbur Clark residence at 331 Desert Inn Rd. Closed circuit TV monitor is to the left of the front door. (1955)
0338 The living room in the Clark residence, 331 Desert Inn Rd. (1955)
0339 Clark living room at 331 E. Desert Inn Rd. (1955)
0340 A view of the hanging fireplace in the living room of the Clark residence. (1955)
0341 View of new golf course (Desert Inn) from living room of Clark home. (1955)
0342 Master bedroom in the Clark home. The TV set automatically retracted into ceiling. (1955)
0343 The master bedroom in the Clark residence, 331 E. Desert Inn Rd. (1955)