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Artist's rendering of Automotive Center for Ross Management Corporation at Arville Street and Desert Inn Road, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print, approximately 1940 to 1967
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Harry Hayden Whiteley Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Apparel shop for Faveger's, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print, approximately 1940 to 1967
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Harry Hayden Whiteley Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Exteriors, interiors, and floor plans of contemporary churches in the United States from newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, and artist's renderings: photograph album, 1953 to 1958
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Harry Hayden Whiteley Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 03
Archival Component
Photographic prints and negatives, 1984
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Southern Nevada Educators Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01, Box SH-025
Archival Component
Irma I. Varela interview, March 5, 2019: transcript
Date
Archival Collection
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
Archival Collection
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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Photograph of an artist's painting of the proposed Dealville resort (Las Vegas), 1957
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Artist's conception of the proposed Dealville casino and resort in Las Vegas. 'G & V Nowak 57' in lower right corner.
Site Name: Dealville
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Transcript from interview with Jocelyn Oats conducted by John Grygo and Claytee D. White, November 20, 2012
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Transcript from interview with Jocelyn Oats by John Grygo. Oats came to Las Vegas with her family and grew up on the Westside. Her father was a leader in the community and a founder of Victory Baptist Church. Her mother provided child care for people in the community. Oats works with Nevada Partners and the Youth Employment for Summer (YES), and reflects on the community in Las Vegas.
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Googie architectural design drawing of Riviera Villa (Las Vegas), exterior elevation, circa 1961
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Pencil sketch of the proposed Googie-styled Riviera Villa in Las Vegas.
Address: Las Vegas; Clark County; Nevada
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Googie architectural design drawing of the Wilbur Clark Shopping Center (Las Vegas), bird's-eye perspective, circa 1961
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Artist's conception of a proposed shopping center in Las Vegas. Instances of the name of the shopping center have been erased in the drawing. 'Bond Road & Maryland Parkway, Clark County, Nev.' (Bond Road was the former name of Tropicana Avenue.) Rendered by J. M. Larsen.
Address: Las Vegas; Clark County; Nevada
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