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Gay Pride Pageant at FreeZone night club, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints

Date

2002-05-02

Description

From the Las Vegas Bugle Photograph Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History (PH-00336). Gay Pride Pageant 2002 (May 2, 2002) at Free Zone (nightclub).

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H. P. Fitzgerald oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00582

Abstract

Oral history interview with H. P. Fitzgerald conducted by Wymon Henderson on March 14, 1981 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Fitzgerald discusses black history in Las Vegas, Nevada, school integration, and being one of the first black administrators for Clark County School District.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Gay Fisher and an unidentified male, Las Vegas, April 1953

Date

1953-04

Archival Collection

Description

Gay Fisher, right, and an unidentified individual acting as an escort and attendant to junior prom queen, left, at the Las Vegas High School Junior Prom in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Image

Dykes on Bikes at the second annual Gay Pride parade, image 001: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Gay Pride 1998 (Dennis McBride, photographer) Sunset Park. (4-25-98) 2nd annual parade; Dykes on Bikes.

Image

Dykes on Bikes at the second annual Gay Pride parade, image 002: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Gay Pride 1998 (Dennis McBride, photographer) Sunset Park. (4-25-98) 2nd annual parade; Dykes on Bikes.

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H. P. Fitzgerald oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00581

Abstract

Oral history interview with H. P. Fitzgerald conducted by Kathlyn Wilson on March 09, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Fitzgerald discusses black history in Las Vegas, Nevada. He also talks about school integration and being one of the first black administrators for Clark County School District.

Archival Collection

Virginia James oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-00936

Abstract

Oral history interviews with Virginia James conducted by Claytee D. White on various dates in October and November 2004, and March and July 2005 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In the interview, James describes her experiences as a dancer with the Texas Copa Girls at the Sands Hotel and Casino, and with the Jayne Mansfield Show and Folies Bergère at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. She recalls her early life in Texas, learning how to dance, and applying to be a dancer at the Sands in 1957. James details the audition process, her first impressions of Las Vegas upon arriving, and memories of her performances. Other subjects James covers include her marriages, her children, and other occupations she held later in life.

Archival Collection

Ellen Barre Spiegel oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03361

Abstract

Oral history interview with Ellen Barre Spiegel conducted by Barbara Tabach on December 04, 2017 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Spiegel discusses her family’s origins in Eastern Europe, growing up in Jericho, New York, and being raised as a conservative Jew. She talks about attending Cornell University, majoring in consumer economics, and completing an internship with American Express. Spiegel explains how she became involved in Las Vegas, Nevada politics, being elected as Assemblywoman for District 20 in 2008, and the redistricting of Assembly Districts 20, 22, and 29. Later, Spiegel explains her position on the board of the Green Valley Ranch Master Association and recalls her successes from the 2017 legislature. Lastly, Spiegel talks about her involvement with the National Association of Jewish Legislators.

Archival Collection

Nevada Freedom to Marry Coalition in the second annual Gay Pride parade: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

2nd annual Gay Pride parade 1998. Photographer: Dennis McBride. 4-25-98. Nevada Freedom to Marry Coalition.

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Doug Stevens and the Out Band performing at Gay Pride, image 001: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Gay Pride at Sunset Park, 1998. Photographer: Dennis McBride. Doug Stevens and the Out Band.

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