The City: Reno #7

Original Caption:

Reno -- This group of divorcees are forgetting their matrimonial troubles on a picnic party. These picnics are a weekly occurrence. Upper right is Mrs. Roger Wolfe Khan, here for a divorce. It is said she will marry Russ Columbo, orchestra leader and radio singer, following her divorce next week. (1933)

The City: Reno #6

Original Caption:

USAF Conducts Survival School

Reno -- The U. S. Air Force has organized an "Escape and Survival" school at Stead Air Force Base near Reno. The seventeen day course, over which there has been much controversy, teaches Air Force men how to behave if captured, how to resist attempts at brainwashing, how to plan and execute an escape and how to survive when loose in enemy-held territory. Here a "prisoner" is being interrogated under a spotlight by "enemy" officers. (1955)

The City: Reno #5

Original Caption:

Reno -- Sammy Davis Jr. offers cake to Bill Harrah, from an exact replica of Harrah's 250-room, $27 million hotel-casino. Davis acted as master of ceremonies at the dedication luncheon, Nov. 10, as his wife, Altovise, looked on. (1973)

The City: Reno #4

Original Caption:

Reno -- Believe it or not, these seedy looking 'Arabs' actually represent the cream of American manhood. They are the seven Mercury Astronauts, gathered for a group photo after completing rugged training at the U.S. Air Force Survival School at Stead Air Force Base in Nevada. Left to right are: Gordon Cooper; Scott Carpenter; John Glenn; Alan Shephard; Virgil Grissom; Walter Schirra; and Donald Slayton. (1962)

The City: Reno #3

Original Caption:

Reno -- In Reno to obtain a divorce from David A. Milton of New York, is Mrs. Abby Rockefeller Milton, as she leaves the lobby of the riverside Hotel on her way to Lake Tahoe where she will establish residence (1943)

The City: Reno #2

Original Caption:

At Air Force "Escape And Survival" School

Reno -- The controversial "Escape And Survival" School operated by the U. S. Air Force at Stead Air Force Base near Reno, was opened to the press yesterday, and here is one of the realistic tableaux observed. The men with their hands on their heads are "prisoners" being herded by "enemy" captors into a compound under the menacing guns of a tank. The school teaches air Force men in a 17 day course how to take care of themselves if captured, ways and means of escape and methods of survival in enemy-held territory. It also teaches how to resist "brainwashing" techniques of their captors. (1955)

The City: Reno #1

Original Caption:

Gambling in Reno, and It's Legal.

Reno -- A game of Faro is in progress at the Bank Club here which is one of the centers to be affected by the signing of the wide open gambling bill. Mayor E. E. Roberts of Reno has been a supporter of the drive for legalized gambling. (1931)