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Jones, James, Jr., 1939-
James Jones Jr. was born September 11, 1939 in Waverly, Louisiana. In June 1959, James Jones looked forward to moving to Las Vegas, away from farming in Waverly, Louisiana. His first job was at Gilbert's Grocery Store on D Street. Within a couple of years, he secured a position in the mailroom for REECO (Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company) at the Nevada Test Site. He would work there for over three decades. Among his memories is a four-hour job at the Blue Onion as well as singing with the choir gathered the day Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Freedman, Jake, 1891-1958
Jake “Jakie” Freedman (1891-1958) was a notorious gambler and oilman from Houston, Texas. He helped establish the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada as investor and gaming director.
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Ives, J. C.
Soldier and explorer Joseph Christmas Ives graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1852. In 1855, he married Cora Semmes Ives. From 1857 to 1858, Ives commanded an expedition to explore up the Colorado River to the lower end of the Grand Canyon. He then crossed the desert to Fort Defiance in Colorado. The Ives expedition produced one of the important early maps of the Grand Canyon. Ives served in the American Civil War for the Confederate Army and was promoted to aide-de-camp, with the rank of colonel.
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Ives, Cora Semmes, 1834-1916
Cora Semmes Ives (1834-1916) was an American writer during the mid-1800s. She was well-known for writing the pro-Confederate utopian novel, The Princess of the Moon: A Confederate Fairy Story.
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Martinez, Jose Leonardo, 1971-
For Leonardo Martinez, the United States was never meant to be a destination—it was merely a short stop along the way as he awaited the day he could safely return to his family in El Salvador. Now a man who embraces the occasional Big Mac from McDonalds but never turns away a Salvadoran pupusa, Leonardo has embraced both places as home with memories that took him from his humble upbringings in Santa Lucía to the bright lights of the city of Las Vegas.
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Jones, Brian
Brian Jones is a photographer based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jones has been working with the Las Vegas News Bureau for twenty years.
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Magone, Brendan. "The Las Vegas News Bureau "Re-Visualizes Las Vegas" with Traveling Exhibit." Published August 27, 2015. http://lasvegastoppicks.com/las-vegas-news-bureau-re-visualizes-las-vegas-traveling-exhibit/
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