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Louis Levin and Raul Mangubat at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Flex nightclub float in the Gay Pride parade: photographic print
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Buffalo Bar float in the Gay Pride parade: photographic print
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Buffalo Bar float for the Gay Pride parade: photographic print
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Joan Swift oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with Joan Swift conducted by Sue Peterson on March 18, 2004, March 25, 2004, and June 22, 2004 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Swift discusses life in Las Vegas, Nevada during the 1940s and 1950s. Swift begins the interview by describing her upbringing in the Basic townsite and Boulder City, Nevada, attending Basic High School, and life in Southern Nevada during World War II. She then discusses working in the Clark County Recorder's office, explaining her job duties and what function the office served for the county. Swift continues, talking about recreation activities at the time, including visiting the casinos on the Las Vegas Strip and the Helldorado Parades. Swift discusses nuclear weapons testing at the Nevada Test Site and her career as the Clark County recorder. Lastly, she describes her thoughts on the future of Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Gloria Dea Anzalone oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Gloria Dea Anzalone conducted by Claytee D. White on October 22, 2022 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Gloria Dea describes her childhood in Oakland, California where she learned the art of magic from her father. Her family moved to Sacramento where Gloria Dea first performed in Breuners Department Store and by age twelve, she was working in nighclubs. Later in Hollywood, Gloria Dea danced in several films and entertained in USO shows. She performed in 1941 at the Last Frontier and the El Rancho - some of the earliest places on what was later the Las Vegas Strip. In the interview, she recalls time serving as president of both the Women's Club of Burbank, Hadassah, and the board of American Guild of Variery Artists.
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Gay Info Nationwide booth at Gay Pride: photographic print, 1998
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Collection Name: Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 038
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Lock, Stock, and Leather booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Raul Mangubat and Dave Hoemann at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Limosine in the third annual Gay PRide parade: photographic print
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The third annual Gay Pride parade at Sunset Park. Photographer: Dennis McBride (5-8-99).
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