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Photograph of Cheyenne Avenue looking east at Sunrise Mountain, June 5, 1973

Date

1973-06-05

Description

Cheyenne Avenue looking east at Sunrise Mountain.

Transcribed Notes: Handwritten on back: "Cheyenne looking east at sunrise. NLV - Streets & Roads - Photos" Stamped on back: "CNLV Engineering Dept."

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Aerial photograph over Cheyenne Avenue looking southeast, June 5, 1973

Date

1973-06-05

Description

Aerial view over Cheyenne Avenue looking southeast towards Frenchman Mountain

Transcribed Notes: Handwritten on back: "Over Cheyenne looking SE" Stamped on back: "CNLV Engineering Dept"

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Aerial photograph of Las Vegas Boulevard and Nellis Boulevard, June 5, 1973

Date

1973-06-05

Description

Aerial view of Las Vegas Blvd. and Nellis Blvd looking north.

Transcribed Notes: Handwritten on back: "LV Blvd & Nellis Blvd looking north" Stamped on back: CNLV Engineering Dept"

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Aerial photograph of Las Vegas Blvd. and Cheyenne Ave., Las Vegas, June 5, 1973

Date

1973-06-05

Description

Aerial view of Las Vegas Blvd. and Cheyenne Avenue looking north.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "Building site of Safeway"

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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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Photograph of the front exterior of the Las Vegas Hilton, circa 1971-1974

Date

1971 to 1974

Description

Las Vegas Hilton before expansions made in 1975. The International Hotel was sold in 1970 and renamed the Las Vegas Hilton in 1971.
Site Name: International Hotel
Address: 3000 Paradise Road

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Transcript of interview with Mildred Breedlove by Steve Drappo, February 18, 1979

Date

1979-02-18

Description

Steve Drappo interviews Mildred Breedlove (b. 1904) who was born in Coal Hill, Arkansas. Breedlove relocated to Nevada in 1949. During this interview Breedlove discusses her personal experience of owning her own ranch in Nevada.

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Aerial photograph of North Las Vegas, circa early 1970s

Date

1970 to 1975

Description

Aerial photograph of the streets and roads of North Las Vegas.

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Photograph of Harley L. Harmon, circa late 1970s

Date

1977 to 1979

Description

Portrait of Harley L. Harmon.

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