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Jana Wilcox Lavin (Opportunity 180) oral history interview conducted by Kelliann Beavers: transcript
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From the Lincy Institute "Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic" Oral History Project (MS-01178) -- Education sector interviews file.
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Karin Hilgersom (Truckee Meadows Community College) oral history interview conducted by Magdalena Martinez and Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio: transcript
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From the Lincy Institute "Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic" Oral History Project (MS-01178) -- Education sector interviews file.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, October 27, 2007
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"Martin and George and the American Dream, part two": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
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From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Hitchin Post Saloon & Steakhouse Neon Survey document, August 27, 2017
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Site address: 3650 N Las Vegas Blvd
Sign owner: BWNV LLC
Sign details: Building was originally constructed in 1953 and sits on 12.70. The property houses on only a saloon/restaurant, but also a Manufactured Home Park and trailer sales.
Sign condition: 4, well maintained
Sign form: Pole mounted sign
Sign-specific description: A double sided cabinet with the words Hitchin' Post at the top in a small rectangular cabinet with green neon, and the word "Motel" in a cabinet underneath in large red neon letters. The word "vacancy" is in a smaller cabinet at the bottom in tiny green neon letters.
Sign - type of display: Neon
Sign - media: Steel
Sign environment: Property is in North Las Vegas, on North Las Vegas Blvd near Alexander Villas Park.
Sign - thematic influences: The Hitchin' Post sign shares a similar theme from when it probably was constructed. The western style themes were very popular in the Greater Las Vegas area starting in the 1940s and through the 1960s.
Sign - artistic significance: Western style themes and fonts where popular when the property opened in the early 1950s.
Survey - research locations: Hitchin' Post website, Assessor's office
Surveyor: Wyatt Currie-Diamond
Survey - date completed: 2017-08-27
Sign keywords: Neon; Steel; Pole sign
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Photograph of Sheep Range, Nevada, before 1960
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View of Sheep Range from the south.
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Letter from L. A. Barnes to W. H. Hulsizer (Omaha), October 12, 1949
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Letter reporting on meeting held to discuss water complaints of Las Vegas residents. All agreed that Lake Mead water was needed to augment their supply.
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