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Aganon, Maila, 1975-
Born and raised in the Philippines, Maila Aganon emigrated with her parents in 1992, after she completed her first semester of college. She describes as "typical" her youth as the youngest child (with brothers 5 and 7 years older) of a teacher who worked in another village and a father who worked out of the country. Although independent, she was part of a tightly knit village. The household spoke three languages: her mother's dialect, her father's dialect, and Tagalog.
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Sierra Construction Corporation
Sierra Construction Corporation was a Las Vegas, Nevada-based construction company established in 1953 by Bill Koerwitz, president and field supervisor, and Gus Rapone, executive vice president and job procurer and estimator. Kitty Rodman joined the company shortly after its establishment as director, secretary-treasurer, and office manager. Additional long-time employees of the company include Patricia Badame, executive assistant to Kitty Rodman, and Jerry Koerwitz, executive assistant to Gus Rapone.
Corporate Body
L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
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Abstract
The L. F. Manis Photographs contain photographic prints, photographic slides, and photographic negatives depicting Southern Nevada from approximately 1900 to 1969, with a bulk of the materials dating from 1930 to 1940. The photographs primarily depict the construction, dedication, and various parts of the Hoover (Boulder) Dam, including the dam's upstream and downstream faces, intake towers, spillways, bridges, crest, outlet works, visitors' accommodations, and powerhouse. The photographs also depict Lake Mead, the reservoir created by the Hoover Dam, and the Colorado River, which is dammed by the Hoover Dam. The photographs also include views of desert landscapes in the Southwestern United States, including in Nevada, Arizona, and Southern California. Also depicted in the photographs are the cities of Las Vegas, Nevada and Boulder City, Nevada, including prominent buildings like hotels, casinos, government buildings, and train depots.
Archival Collection
Photograph of Anne Buydens, Kirk Douglas, Jack Entratter, Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher at a Four Chaplains memorial event, Las Vegas, February 7, 1960
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Archival Collection
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L-R: Kirk Douglas and his wife Anne Buydens, Jack Entratter (standing), Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher at a Four Chaplains memorial event. Jack Entratter and the Sands Hotel hosted the event at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Four Chaplains Day, Sunday, February 7, 1960. The event featured Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop. Site Name: Las Vegas Convention Center (Las Vegas, Nev.); Sands Hotel and Casino
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Photograph of John Cahlan, Claude Perkins, and members of Las Vegas High School's 50th graduating class, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1980
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Archival Collection
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Postcard showing the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall interior (Las Vegas), after 1946
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Archival Collection
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Photographic postcard featuring table games and the bar area of the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall. Transcribed from original: "The Million Dollar Golden Nugget Gambling Hall, Saloon and Restaurant, Las Vegas. Thousands of visitors are attracted annually by the lavishly decorated Casino with its Crystal Chandeliers, Famous Paintings and Mahogany Beams, reminiscent of the Barbary Coast days." Publishing info from original: "Plastichrome' by Colourpicture, Boston 15, Mass -- 6270 Mosley Ave., L.A."
Site Name: Golden Nugget Las Vegas
Address: 129 East Fremont Street
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Photograph of children in front of the Fifth Street Grammar School, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1936
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Archival Collection
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Caption: Las Vegas Nev
Site Name: Fifth Street School (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Costume design drawing, orange and gold Roman-themed showgirl costume, Las Vegas, circa 1970s
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Archival Collection
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Costume Details: Two-piece ancient Roman-themed showgirl costume, comprised of vertical lines of beads; halter-style top, long split skirt, beaded belt with hanging diamond-shaped gold ornaments; matching beaded armpieces with gold cuffs; gold sandals with diamond-shaped ornaments, gold laces criss-crossing up to the knees; gold earrings; gold shield-type headdress with black feathers and hanging orange beads.
Show Name: Casino de Paris
Site Name: Dunes (hotel and casino)
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Costume design drawing, Vienna finale costumes, Las Vegas, 1981
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Archival Collection
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Costume Details: Female performer in pale pink hoop skirt costume decorated with large fuchsia and purple grapes, black ribbons at waist, and teal hair ribbons. Male performer wearing a stylized military uniform costume with white tights, blue jacket, cape and hat trimmed with black feathers, and black boots.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Bandwagon finale: Vienna
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Workers adjust a heliostat at Crescent Dunes Solar, near Tonopah, Nevada: digital photograph
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Archival Collection
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Photographer's assigned keywords: "110 megawatts; CSP; Concentrated Solar Energy; Concentrated Solar Power; Crescent Dunes; NV; Nevada; Solar Reserve; SolarReserve; Tonopah; aerial; concentrated solar thermal; green energy; molten salt; on-site; renewable energy; storage; tower."
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