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T-Shirt Color: Navy Blue; Front: The City Of Oklahoma City Fire Dept., City Seal; Back: Oklahoma City Fire Rescue; Handwritten Text: Station 18, Jacque, approximately 2001-2012

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Archival Collection

New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00459
Collection Name: New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
Box/Folder: Box 65

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New Year's day menu at the Windsor Hotel, 1884

Date

1884-01-01

Archival Collection

Description

Restaurant: Windsor Hotel (St. Paul, Minn.) Location: St. Paul, Minnesota, United States

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Slide of the construction phase of Hoover Dam, December 15, 1933

Date

1933-12-15

Description

Black and white image of the construction phase of Hoover Dam. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Transcript of interview with Myrtle Banks by George Williams, March 15, 1981

Date

1981-03-15

Description

George Williams interviews Myrtle Banks (b. 1923) in her home while Lucille Bell is also present and occasionally provides additional commentary. They discuss African American history in Nevada, specifically in the context of job opportunities, relationships with whites, and the social and political changes that took place over time. Banks also discusses the riots of the 1960s, changes in crime rates and their effect on perception of safety, constructional increases and population growth, shopping and price changes on various products, and how gambling and entertainment defined Las Vegas.

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New home neightborhood in Cadence, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-05-11

Description

Newly finished homes line Gracious Way in the Cadence development in Henderson looking south towards Black Mountain. For decades the western neighborhoods of Henderson experienced explosive growth as the city moved from small industrial town clustered around the World War II era plants to Las Vegas suburbs and the state's second largest city. Cadence hopes to change that with its large masterplanned community north of East Lake Mead Parkway and Boulder Highway.

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New York and Las Vegas Investment Company, 1929

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File

Archival Collection

Fayle Family Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00404
Collection Name: Fayle Family Papers
Box/Folder: Box 15

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Transcript of interview with Isabella Jessie Curtis by Andrew B. Levy, February 15, 1979

Date

1979-02-15

Description

On February 15, 1979, Andrew Levy interviewed Isabella Jessie Curtis (born 1922 in Monroe, Wisconsin) about her experiences in Southern Nevada. Curtis first talks about her career in waitressing at several restaurants and casinos in Las Vegas before describing some of the early businesses in the Downtown Las Vegas area. The interview then moves to discussions on Curtis’s involvement in politics, her early recreational activities, and the atomic testing. The two later discuss the first telephones in Las Vegas, the Helldorado celebration, and her work at the Tropicana Las Vegas. The interview concludes with Curtis’s description on living in Sandy Valley, Nevada, and some of her first memories of the Union Pacific train depot in Las Vegas.

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