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Audio clip from interview with Sallie and Mike Gordon by Adriane Massa, March 2, 1977
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Archival Collection
Description
Part of an interview with Sallie and Mike Gordon on March 2, 1977. In this clip, the Gordon's discuss Southern Nevada during the Depression and building in the early days of Las Vegas.
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Walker Young oral history interview
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Abstract
Oral history interview with Walker Young conducted by Elton Garrett on June 23, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Virginia "Teddy" Fenton, Hal Erickson, Martha Garrett, and Jane Young also briefly participate in the interview. They answer a few questions about their experience working on the project and working with Young. Young primarily discusses the design and construction of the Boulder (Hoover) Dam. He details surveying possible dam sites and describes his interactions with members of the project team.
Archival Collection
Photograph of Debbie Conway with her awards for public service and community involvement, 2012
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Archival Collection
Description
Color photograph of Debbie Conway with her involvement achievements: Public Official of the Year 2012, Eagle Award for Mobile Web Site Project.
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Women activists holding up signs, image 003: photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
Image
Photograph of performers at Circus Circus, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1970s
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Archival Collection
Description
Image
Photographs and film transparencies of Jack , Caryl, and Michele Entratter at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, February 28, 1964
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Archival Collection
Description
Image
Transcript of interview with Alfred "Al" Isola by Stephen Kalish, March 15, 1976
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Archival Collection
Description
On March 15, 1976, Stephen Kalish interviewed Alfred “Al” Isola (born August 3rd, 1917 in Oakland, California) in his office about his garbage company and early Southern Nevada. The two discuss Las Vegas’ lack of a unified garbage system and how dumping sites have had to adjust their practices in order to limit their impact on pollution. Isola also explains the different disposal protocols for wet and dry trash. On the second tape of the interview, an unidentified woman enters the conversation.
Text
Photograph of the front exterior of the Las Vegas Club, 1930s
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Archival Collection
Description
Site Name: Las Vegas Club
Address: 18 East Fremont Street
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Photograph of Las Vegas Club and Overland Hotel (Las Vegas) at night, after 1949
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Archival Collection
Description
Site Name: Las Vegas Club
Address: 18 East Fremont Street
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Photograph of the hotel lobby of the Desert Inn (Las Vegas), after 1950
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Site Name: Desert Inn
Address: 3045 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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