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Transcript of interview with Ray Keith by David Alexander, March 3, 1980
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On March 3, 1980, David Alexander interviewed community volunteer, Ray Keith (born October 1st, 1911 in Montgomery, Alabama) in her home in Las Vegas, Nevada about her life and memories of Southern Nevada. The two discuss how Keith first arrived in Las Vegas and the addresses that she has lived at. The interview concludes with Keith explaining how she helped to charter the “Home of the Good Shepherd” housing facilities with local Las Vegas women in the sixties.
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Photograph of Virginia Page, Miss Las Vegas, Sands Hotel, June 2, 1957
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Photograph of Virginia Page, Miss Las Vegas, Sands Hotel, June 2, 1957
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Photograph of Virginia Page, Miss Las Vegas, Sands Hotel, June 2, 1957
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Photograph of Virginia Page, Miss Las Vegas, Sands Hotel, June 2, 1957.
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Janet Savalli oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Janet Savalli conducted by Irene Rostine on September 21, 1996 for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) Las Vegas Women Oral History Project. Savalli begins her interview by discussing her move to Las Vegas, Nevada as a child in 1945. Savalli then goes on to discuss her 46 year long career at the Southern Nevada Telephone Company. She describes rising through the company starting as an operator and ending as a community relations coordinator. Savalli discusses the company's merger with Sprint and the changes this brought about including the creation of a union and wage and benefits changes. Savalli ends her interview by talking about atomic testing, and how the testing grew to be a part of Las Vegas culture at the time.
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Photograph of first mail plane, Las Vegas, circa 1926
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Photograph of Doris Hancock at her retirement dinner, Las Vegas, June 3, 1963
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Photograph of two women posing on a giant dead Cottonwood tree in the remains of St. Thomas, 1945
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Two women on the trunk of a very large dead Cottonwood tree in the remains of St. Thomas
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "This is one of the oldest trees in this section and was covered by nearly 70 feet of water (Lake Mead) for about seven years. The height may be compared by the two girls on the trunk of the tree."
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Photograph of a float in the Helldorado Parade, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 1948
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