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Audio clip from interview with Sallie and Mike Gordon by Adriane Massa, March 2, 1977

Date

1977-03-02

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.

Sound

Walker Young oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02045

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

Date

2012

Description

Color photograph of Debbie Conway with her involvement achievements: Public Official of the Year 2012, Eagle Award for Mobile Web Site Project.

Image

Women activists holding up signs, image 003: photographic print

Date

1987-12

Description

Solidarity Action in Hamburg Germany December 1987. In red, the sign says, "The atom test site in Nevada back to the western shoshone," in German.

Image

Photograph of performers at Circus Circus, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Archival Collection

Description

Circus performers juggle while on unicycles, Circus Circus, Las Vegas, Nevada. Site Name: Circus Circus (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Image

Photographs and film transparencies of Jack , Caryl, and Michele Entratter at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, February 28, 1964

Date

1964-02-28

Description

Jack Entratter with his daughters Caryl and Michele Entratter at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

Image

Transcript of interview with Alfred "Al" Isola by Stephen Kalish, March 15, 1976

Date

1976-03-15

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

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

Site Name: Las Vegas Club
Address: 18 East Fremont Street

Image

Photograph of Las Vegas Club and Overland Hotel (Las Vegas) at night, after 1949

Date

1949 to 1955

Archival Collection

Description

Site Name: Las Vegas Club
Address: 18 East Fremont Street

Image

Photograph of the hotel lobby of the Desert Inn (Las Vegas), after 1950

Date

1950 to 1964

Archival Collection

Description

Site Name: Desert Inn
Address: 3045 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Image