Description
Container list
Box 27-A
Personal Collection
Atkison, Leonard and Corene
001.70.3a
Corene Atkison's eyeglasses, c. 1960s [brown plastic frames with gold decorative
applications; unfolded: 5.5" x 5.75"; manufactured by Tura, The.
001.70.3b
case for 001.70.3a ["goldtone" metal frame, snap clasp; faux damask fabric with blue,
coral, green, and gold flower motif; 2-3/8" x 6.5”
001.70.4a-c
Leonard Atkison's golf pin, c. 1950s-60s [4a pin, bronze, embossed with a golfer in
mid-swing, the word "golf' and the figure "100, .5" x .75"; 4b blue and white
cardboard mounting, "Wilson Sporting Goods Co. printed on in dark blue, 1.75" x
3.25"; 4c gray envelope with cellophane window and "Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
Stores in Principal Cities" printed in blue, 2.25" x 3.5"
001.70.5
lapel pin shaped like a shoe from the Adlai Stevenson/Dwight Eisenhower presidential
contest [meaning: "I Walk With Stevenson;" metal, 3/8" x 1"
001.70.6
Jaycee [Junior Chamber of Commerce] Distinguished Service Award pendant [10K
gold, "L. A. Atkinson 1944" engraved on the back; .5" x 1.5"
001.70.7
Leonard Atkison's 25-year Masonic membership pin for Boulder City Lodge No. 37
[sterling silver and enamel; .5" diameter]
001.70.8
Leonard Atkison's alligator skin wallet at the time of his death in 1969 [4" x 8.5";
zipper; pockets, one with a window; blue-and-white oval label reads, "Alves
Guimaraes& C(ompania)/7 de Septembro88/Rio/Fabrico
EspecialfindustriaBrasileira;"]
001.70.9
Bank of Nevada [Boulder City] coin bag [olive canvas; "Bank of Nevada" and "Cont'l
Bag Co. Mexico, MO." printed in black; draw-string; in red ink, "Estate BldgAcc't;"
6.25" 10.25"]
001.70.11
red leather wallet, with "Government Stamps & Bonds" stamped in gold on the front;
together with the logo for Staco [evidently the manufacturer], and "Genuine
Leather/Made in U. S. A.;" scotch-taped to the front of the wallet is a square of
yellow paper on which is written in ball point pen, "Important Papers Please File"
[4.5" x 9.5" folded; the papers that were inside this wallet have been added to MS 88]
001.70.12a-d
Leonard Atkison's Distinguished Service Award from the Selective Service System
of World War II:
12a 'blue and gold enamel lapel pin (.75")
12b 'blue and gold bar (1-5/16")
12c medal with blue and gold ribbon (medal is bronze, 1.25"
diameter; embossed on obverse is the U. S. eagle with a shield with "SSS;"
around the edge, "Selective Service System/World War II;" on the reverse is
engraved "Awarded in the name of the Congress of the United States for faithful
and loyal service)
12d 'black cardboard box with "Selective Service Medal"
stamped in gold (1" x 3.25" x 6.5")
001.70.13
shoulder patch for the Sheriff's Mounted Posse of Las Vegas, Nevada [4.75" diameter;
charcoal gray fabric embroidered in gold
001.70.19
Leonard Atkison's belt and holster from the Sheriff's Mounted Posse of Las Vegas,
Nevada [tooled leather; initials "L A" on the holster]