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Photograph of an aerial view of Las Vegas (Nev.), January 22, 1947
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Photograph of an aerial view of Las Vegas (Nev.), January 22, 1947
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Don Payne with Joe Buck and Don English oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Don Payne, Joe Buck, and Don English conducted by Perry Kaufman on November 25, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Payne, the head of the Las Vegas News Bureau, relates moving to Las Vegas, Nevada as a child, and deciding on a career in advertising and marketing. He talks about his early career and the history of the bureau. Later, Buck and English, both photographers with the bureau, join Payne in discussing the goals of the the organization. They relate the need to establish that Las Vegas was more than gambling and how their marketing and photographs focus on the relaxing, fun, and luxurious aspects of a vacation in the area. They talk about the large volume of photographs produced by the bureau and the success of some nationwide, including the "floating craps table" and the atomic bomb test mushroom cloud framed between two casinos in downtown Las Vegas. They conclude by discussing how they have expanded their marketing to include destinations close to Las Vegas, including Lake Mead, the National Parks, and California destinations within "a day's drive".
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Photograph of an aerial view of Las Vegas (Nev.), January 22, 1947
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Photograph of a shack on E Street, Las Vegas (Nev.), July 22, 1965
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Julie Murray (Moonridge Group) 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) -- Community organization interviews file.
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Rotary Club of Las Vegas of Las Vegas with Mark Mielke publicity, 1971 April 22
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Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 16
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Avril "Juanita" Simmons and Fred "Bubba" Simmons oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Avril "Juanita" Simmons and Fred "Bubba" Simmons conducted by Claytee D. White on May 21, 1996 for the UNLV University Libraries Oral History Collection.
In this interview, husband and wife Bubba and Juanita Simmons talk about their separate moves from Fordyce, Arkansas to Las Vegas, Nevada in the 1940s and their impressions of the city after moving. Bubba shares stories of his employment at the Basic Magnesium, Inc. plant in Henderson and his experiences living in tents on the Westside, traveling to work with the help of Red Mitchell, and sharing living spaces with nine to ten other men. Juanita discusses her work as a family's caregiver and speaks to the kinds of occupations Black women obtained in Las Vegas at that time. The couple share stories of city life and the clubs, eateries, and shops that were present in the area.
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Oral history project administrative documents, 1995-2015
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Collection Name: Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) Oral History Records
Box/Folder: Box 04 (Restrictions apply), Box 05 (Restrictions apply), Box 06 (Restrictions apply), Box 07 (Restrictions apply)
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Patricia Brinton, Margaret Carnell, and Sharon Schmitt oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Patricia Brinton, Margaret Carnell, and Sharon Von Tobel Schmitt conducted by Lois Goodall on April 30, 2014 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview Brinton, Carnell, and Schmitt discuss their grandparents, Ed Von Tobel Sr. and Mary Hameril. They also discuss their own parents, growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Von Tobel lumberyard, Helldorado Days, and how Las Vegas has grown.
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