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Harold Wadman oral history interview

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Oral history interview with Harold Wadman conducted by Dennis McBride on December 21, 1986 for the Boulder City Library Oral History Project. In this short interview, Wadman talks about running away from his childhood home in Ogden, Utah at the age of thirteen. He explains how he hitchhiked to Nevada, bypassing Las Vegas and reaching Boulder City, Nevada in the middle of the night. He explains how he worked odd jobs before a brief employment at the dam site as a waterboy; possibly the youngest person to work on the dam.

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Merlino, James Donald "Jim", 1928-

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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Lake, Spud

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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Postcard of the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1955-1970

Date

1955 to 1970

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Steven Segal Postcard Collection

Description

The Sands Hotel and Casino. Postcard reads "Greetings from Las Vegas." Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

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Photograph of a couple in Tonopah (Nev.), 1920-1950

Date

1920 to 1950

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Marko Dobro Photograph Collection

Description

Unidentified couple in Tonopah (Nev.) huging and posing near the Tonopha Trucking Co. Inc. site, 1920-1950

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Transcript of interview with Richard Caldwell F. Sr. by Melvin Thompson, March 11, 1981

Date

1981-03-11

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Richard F. Caldwell Sr. oral history interview

Description

On March 11, 1981, Melvin Thompson interviewed Richard F. Caldwell Sr. (b. 1919 in New Orleans, Louisiana) about his experiences living in Las Vegas, Nevada for over 49 years. The interview begins with Caldwell discussing his family and what brought him to Las Vegas. He then talks about working at the Nevada Test Site, the hotels and casinos that were built on the Strip, his experience working at some of those properties, and the way of life in Las Vegas in the 1940s and 1950s. The two also discuss politics, religion, and recreational gambling in the city. The interview finalizes with Caldwell’s account of the Westside of Las Vegas, African American entertainers who came to town to perform, and a brief mention of many specific historical sites in the city.

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