Oral history interview with Flora Mason conducted by Barbara Tabach on December 08, 2014 and January 17, 2017 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Mason discusses living in Las Vegas, Nevada since 1965 with her husband, Stuart Mason. Mason also discusses her involvement with the Temple Beth Sholom, the Foundation at the University of Nevada, and various Las Vegas libraries.
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Stuart Mason, Al Benedict, and Bernie Rothkopf wear construction hats and smile for the camera. A banner behind the men reads "MGM Grand Hotel."
Stuart Mason and Larry Woolf stand at a podium on the rooftop for the MGM Topping Off Party. People sit nearby to listen, and the lion mascot stands near.
Left to right: Flora Mason, Cantor Joseph Kohn, Jim Mason, Stuart Mason at Temple Beth Sholom on Oakey Blvd.
Cub scout family picnic, Pack 150 at Sunset Park in Las Vegas. June 11, 1972; Two adults are Herb Kaufman (left) & Stuart Mason (right).
Morry and Stuart Mason sit at a table in an office. Construction blueprints line the walls, likely for the MGM construction project. A small, white lion head (the MGM's Mascot) sits on the floor below the blueprints.
Flora Mason at the Red Rock Country Club home she shared with her late husband Stuart Mason.
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Flora Mason at the Red Rock Country Club home she shared with her late husband Stuart Mason.
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Stuart Mason (middle) walks with Dorothy and the Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz, arm in arm, at the MGM Topping Off Party. Guests at the event can be seen sitting behind them, and Larry Woolf, MGM's President, stands to the left at the podium.
Clockwise: Flora Mason in chair with back to camera, Stuart Mason, Dorothy Cannon, Howard Cannon, Joyce Mack's daughter?, Simcha Dinitz (Israeli Ambassador to U.S.), Joyce Mack, Jerry Mack? (hidden), and 3 other unidentified people.