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Robert E. "Spud" Lake was a Las Vegas pioneer and civic developer for whom an elementary school was named. He was born in 1857 in Illinois. He married Mary Ellen Osborn in Missouri in 1885, and they moved to Ontario, Canada, before eventually settling in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1904. He started a barbershop for railroad workers and other settlers in the area. Lake participated in the land auction for the Las Vegas town site and purchased two parcels. The first school was built on one of his parcels; and he served as the first president of the school board, and later as a trustee.
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This collection in unprocessed. See Access Note for more information. The Oakes Las Vegas Studio Photographs [UNPROCESSED] consist of a sample book of photographic postcards by Oakes Vegas Studio. It contains images from the 1920s through 1937. Images depict general Las Vegas scenes, Fremont Street, Hoover Dam, desert areas near Las Vegas, Native Americans, Native burial sites, the Lost City, Lake Mead, and more.
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Oral history interview with Alfred Isola conducted by Stephen Kalish on March 15, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Isola discusses Las Vegas, Nevada’s 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.
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Nye County, Nevada Sheriff who oversaw police activities at anti-nuclear protests at Nevada Test Site. See: http://articles.latimes.com/1988-07-11/news/mn-4277_1_nevada-test-site
Date of birth: 11/25/1928
Place of birth: Wallace, Idaho
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Series VIII. Sands Hotel Interior and Exterior
Sands Hotel and Casino
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