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George Lockhart in his office: photographic print
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Hazel Denton's brother Ralph Baker sitting on a porch with a child on his lap: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Studio portrait of Hazel and Floyd Denton's daughter, Betty Jeanne Denton, at one and a half years: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Hazel Denton's daughter posed in front of bench with a house in the background: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Larry Easton, Don Phillips, Jay Wilden, and Ronald Rose around fire truck in Caliente, Nevada (identified from left to right): photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Hazel Denton posed for photograph with two children in front of a house in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Sandy Daly oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Sandy Daly conducted by Bud Stephen on June 20, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project. Daly moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1947 and she describes her educational experiences and how the gaming industry related to her upbringing. Stephen also asks questions relating to politics, religion, social club membership, theater, recreational activities for children and adults, atomic testing, tourism, local sports, television, prostitution, social class, and the development of the Strip. Interview includes audio recording (analog, digital) and transcript (digital).
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Eleanor and Elmer H. Nighswonger oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Eleanor and Elmer H. Nighswonger conducted by Rick Isom on September 24, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Elmer and Eleanor explain why they moved to Southern Nevada, Elmer's career as battalion chief of the Las Vegas Fire & Rescue Department, and living in Boulder City, Nevada. The Nighswongers also discuss Elmer's political affiliation, nuclear weapons tests, economic changes of Southern Nevada, and pollution caused by the chemical and metal plants in Henderson, Nevada.
Archival Collection
George and Toni Garner oral history interview
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Oral history interview with George and Theona (Toni) Garner conducted by Rod Leavitt on March 25, 1987 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In the interview, George Garner discusses his father, who was a Boulder (Hoover) Dam worker and was one of the first homesteaders in the Ash Meadows area in southern Nye County, Nevada. George also describes the Ash Meadows Lodge, which was intended to be a dude ranch by Las Vegas, Nevada promoters. Lastly, George Garner briefly discusses his early life and education in Las Vegas, Nevada. Toni Garner briefly discusses her early life in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Collins, Kathleen, 1903-1994
Kathleen Collins was born September 22, 1902 in San Antonio, Texas and died September 24, 1994 in San Antonio, Texas. She was an actress
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