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Transcript of interview with Ruth Eppenger D'Hondt by Claytee D. White, August 25, 2011, and July 9, 2012
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Archival Collection
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Interview with Ruth Eppenger D'Hondt conducted by Claytee D. White on August 25, 2011 and July 9, 2012. Born and raised in Las Vegas, D'Hondt was one of the early black cocktail servers on the Las Vegas Strip, working at Caesars Palace for twenty-six years. D'Hondt's family owned a restaurant, Mattie's Cafe, and her father also worked at the Nevada Test Site.
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Audio recording clip of interview with Ruth Eppenger D'Hondt by Claytee D. White, August 25, 2011, and July 9, 2012
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Archival Collection
Description
Part of an interview Ruth Eppenger D'Hondt conducted by Claytee D. White on August 25, 2011. D'Hondt shares memories of her parents' restaurant.
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Portrait photograph of Ruth Eppenger D'Hondt, circa 2010
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Archival Collection
Description
Color portrait photograph of Ruth Eppenger D'Hondt, circa 2010.
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Portrait photograph of Ruth Eppenger D'Hondt working as a cocktail server for Caesars Palace, 1976
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Archival Collection
Description
Color portrait photograph of Ruth Eppenger D'Hondt working as a cocktail server for Caesars Palace, dated 1976. D'Hondt worked at Caesars Palace for twenty-six years.
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Group portrait photograph of Ruth Eppenger D'Hondt and the Eppenger family, 1991
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Archival Collection
Description
Group portrait photograph of Ruth Eppenger D'Hondt and the Eppenger family, dated 1991. Left to right, seated: Hazel, Willie Maxine, Mattie Ruth (mother), Ruth. Standing: Billy, William (father), Jerry, and BJ (Benjamin).
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Photograph of Ruth Eppenger D'Hondt in graduation attire, January 5, 2000
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Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of Ruth Eppenger D'Hondt graduating from the School of Evangelism at Second Baptist Church on January 5, 2000. Left to right: Annette (family friend), Erika (Ruth's daughter), Ruth, and Mattie and William Eppenger (Ruth's parents).
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Photograph of students at Las Vegas School, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1916
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of instructors and students at Las Vegas High School, 1916
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Scope and Contents
Transcribed from the back of the photograph:
1. Iona Jurden
2. Ruth Boyd
3. Tusy Boyd of Highbie
4. Bess Dupuis
5. June Huff
6. Nona Harkins (Mrs.)
7. Lola Ball
8. Miss Britt
9. Ruth Norris
10. Glen Trout
11. Edward Hartsman
12. Prof. B. Street
13. Ray Cragin
14. Cecil Rowe
15. Herbert Burnside
16. Joe Jackson
17. Hon. R.R. Robertson, Jr.
18. Clarence Vandeventer
19. Sarah Peters
20. Verna Pollock
21. Verda Potter
22. Mildred Hinge
23. Zona Pollock
24. Ella Coughlin
25. Gladys Cyphus
26. Doris Cyphus
27. Fay Cyphus
28. Pauline Stephens
29. Eanis Liday
30. Rob Griffith
31. Hazel Potter
32. Alice Fell
33. Grace West (E.N.S.)
34. Helen Boyd
35. Barbara Bell
36. Daisy French
37. Alice Montgomery
38. Allison Moffet
39. Ida Brashaw
40. Miss Johnson
41. Miss Jackson
42. Irma Funk
43. Iona Summerville
44. Frank Coughlin
45. Thomas J. Loane, Jr.
46. Harold Clark
47. Gerald Nelson
48. Vernon Nutthall
49. Otto Westlake
50. Prof. J.F. Mojes
51. Beulah Booth
52. Margaret Wilson
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Alice Kinnear Photograph
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component