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LULAC Council #11081 members and elected officials at the site of the future LULAC Multi-Purpose Bilingual Senior Center: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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On May 5, 1986, "Cinco de Mayo Day," members of LULAC Council #11081 and a group of elected officials and VIPs met at the site of the future LULAC Multi-Purpose Bilingual Senior Center located at 13th and Rue Streets. L to R: Bob Agonia, Department of Energy, Corrine Gutierrez (deceased), Chairperson, Construction Committee, Tom Rodriguez, Vice-President, LULAC Council #11081, Manny Cortez (deceased), Clark County Commissioner, Thalia Dondero (deceased), Clark County Commissioner, Ron Lurie, Mayor, City of Las Vegas, Al Levy (deceased), City of Las Vegas Councilman, Tom Moore, Catholic Community Services, Pat Shalmy, Clark County Manager, John Lujan, President, LULAC Council #11081, Delia Martinez (deceased), Executive Director, Nevada Equal Rights Commission, and Ashley Hall, City Manager, City of Las Vegas.
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Photographs of Frontier "sold" and other miscellaneous events, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1990s (folder 1 of 1)
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Archival Collection
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Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike
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Dorothy, Alice, and Marva Love oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Dorothy, Alice, and Marva Love conducted by Claytee D. White on February 11, 2015 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Dorothy discusses her personal history and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1961. She describes the city at the time, living in West Las Vegas, and raising her children there. Alice and Marva, Dorothy's daughters, then talk about their educational experiences in Las Vegas and growing up in the Westside community. Later, Dorothy describes starting her family business, Love’s Cocktail Lounge, on Jackson Street and what it provided for the Westside community. The family recall the entertainers that performed at Love's Cocktail Lounge and the eventual downfall of Jackson Street. Lastly, they discuss the development and changes in the Westside.
Archival Collection
Lisle, Ralph Fairbanks, 1914-2004
Ralph Fairbanks Lisle was born on June 18, 1914 in Lyon, Nevada. He and his family moved to the mining community of Beatty, Nevada in 1938. Lisle held several elected office positions, including Nye County Commissioner, Justice of the Peace, and hospital board member. Ralph Lisle married Chloe Colvin on July 5, 1939 and opened a hardware store in Beatty, Nevada in 1955. Ralph Fairbanks Lisle passed away on January 16, 2004 at the age of 89.
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Chart, revised charges to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company, September 22, 1942
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Archival Collection
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Chart showing revised charges to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company from the Union Pacific Railroad Company for the years 1939-1941 and the first nine months of 1942 based on projected and actual water consumption in Las Vegas.
Transcribed Notes: Auditor of Disbursements' Office, Omaha, Nebraska - September 22, 1942.
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