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Flex Lounge booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Sign directing visitors toward Gay Pride: photographic print
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Unitarian Universalist Church booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Barr Smith oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Barr Smith conducted by Melvin Smail on February 22, 1980 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Smith discusses his personal history and the history of Las Vegas, Nevada. Smith discusses working at the Basic Magnesium plant, playing high stakes poker games with prominent gamblers like "Nick the Greek," and the casinos built on the early Las Vegas Strip. Smith also describes how Las Vegas has changed, the different forms of gambling and gaming available in the city, and life in 1940s Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Nevada Outdoors booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Flex Nightclub booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Audio recording clips of interview with Hazel Gay by Claytee D. White, December 2, 1995
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Three audio clips from an interview with Hazel Gay conducted by Claytee D. White on December 2, 1995. Hazel and her husband Jimmy Gay moved to Las Vegas in 1946, becoming leaders in the African American community during the civil rights era. In the clips, Gay recalls the Moulin Rouge from her perspective as manager of the dress shop.
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Dykes on Bikes in the Gay Pride parade: photographic print
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Josh Ryan as Fawn at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Cindy Baca oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Cindy Baca conducted by Barbara Tabach on May 22, 2019 for the Remembering 1 October Oral History Project.
Cindy Baca, born and raised in Las Vegas, talks about her family and occupation as a librarian at Escobedo Middle School. Cindy's twin daughters were present and injured during the Route 91 Festival and October 1 shooting. She describes their experiences and the Random Acts of Kindness project she piloted at her school after the incident.
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