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Photograph of William F. Harrah, 1978

Date

1978

Description

Portrait of William F. Harrah, Nevada gaming magnate. He was one of the state's pioneer casino operators.

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Photograph of Earl Hartke, circa 1959

Date

1958 to 1960

Description

Portrait of North Las Vegas Mayor Earl Hartke.

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Photograph of Howard Cannon, Earl Hartke, and others, Washington, D.C., circa 1960

Date

1959 to 1961

Description

Portrait of North Las Vegas Mayor Earl Hartke (right) meeting with U.S. Senator from Nevada Howard Cannon (center) and an unidentified woman in Washington, D.C.

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Photograph of Keith Hayes, 1979

Date

1979

Description

Portrait of District Court Judge Keith Hayes.

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Photograph of Charles Henderson, circa 1950

Date

1949 to 1951

Description

Portrait of Charles Henderson, former Nevada United States Senator for whom Henderson, Nevada is named.

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Photograph of Thomas J. Hickey, circa 1978

Date

1977 to 1979

Description

Portrait of Thomas J. Hickey, Nevada State Assemblyman.

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Photograph of J. Kell Houssels, Jr., 1979

Date

1979

Description

Portrait of lawyer, J. Kell Houssels, Jr.. He was the son of John Kell (J. Kell) Houssels, Sr., operator of the El Cortez, Showboat, and Tropicana casinos.

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Photograph of J. Kell Houssels III, 1983

Date

1983

Description

Portrait of J. Kell Houssels III.

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Irma I. Varela interview, March 5, 2019: transcript

Date

2019-03-05

Description

Interviewed by Barbara Tabach. Born and raised in Zacatecas, Mexico, Irma moved to Las Vegas in 1989. She is the Cultural Program Supervisor at Winchester Community Center and has devoted much of her career to preserving Hispanic cultural traditions in Las Vegas. She has been an active leader in local events such as Community Roots, International Food & Folk Life Festival, World Vibrations, and Dio de Los Muertos.

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Margo Knowles interview, March 25, 1981: transcript

Date

1981-03-25

Description

From the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas, OH-01039. On March 25, 1981, collector Sonny Neighbors interviewed his mother, Margo Knowles (born October 13th, 1935 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) at her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. Margo speaks about growing up and going to school in Las Vegas. She also discusses her work as a telephone operator in Las Vegas, and at the Nevada Test Site in Nye County, Nevada.

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