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The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, February 23, 1950
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Archival Collection
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Transcript of interview with Lucille Down by James Hanson, February 21, 1972
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Archival Collection
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On February 21, 1972, James Hanson interviewed Mrs. Lucille Down (born December 14th, 1911 in Wellington, Kansas) in her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. The interview covers the lives of Union Pacific Railroad workers, and local education at schools such as the Las Vegas Grammar School and Las Vegas High School. Lucille discusses her first job, which was at the Southern Nevada Telephone Company. She also mentions having a swamp cooler attached to her family home. She concludes this interview with recollections on the social, recreational, religious and economic, changes that contributed to the development and growth of Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Photograph of men in a boat, Lake Mead, April 20, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Murphy-Farmer Family Photograph Collection
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The Murphy-Farmer collection contains black-and-white photographic prints (approximately 1930-1959) depicting locations around southern Nevada, including Lake Mead, Hoover Dam, Las Vegas, and Boulder City, Nevada.
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