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Transcript of interview with Vernon Caples by Cheryl Caples, February 25, 1979

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Date

1979-02-25

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Narrator b.1891. Las Vegas history from 1942 to 1979. Las Vegas airfield (Nellis). Prostitution. Hoover (Boulder) Dam: two anecdotes. Effect of WWII on Las Vegas. Hotel/casinos during the 1940s and 1950s. Leisure activities. Eldorado Festival. Lorenzi Park. BMI Plant. Retirement in Las Vegas.

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OH_00336_transcript
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Vernon S. Caples oral history interview, 1979 February 25. OH-00336. [Transcript]. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1fq9t79z

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English

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