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Stella Champo Iaconis oral history interviews
Identifier
OH-02686
Abstract
Oral history interview with Stella Champo Iaconis conducted by Kay Long on May 14, 1997, May 21, 1997, May 26, 1997, and September 22, 1997 for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) Las Vegas Women Oral History Project. Iaconis opens her interviews discussing her difficult upbringing and life on a ranch in Las Vegas, Nevada with her dad in the 1910s and 1920s. Iaconis then describes her experiences as a waitress in Las Vegas. As the interviews continue, Iaconis discusses Block 16 and sex work, the Helldorado Days, and life in 1930s Las Vegas. Iaconis ends the interview talking about her father and his career as a miner; her many husbands; and her personal history in Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Booths and people at Sunset Park for Gay Pride, image 005: photographic print
Date
1997-05-10
Archival Collection
Description
Gay Pride 1997 (Dennis McBride, photographer) Sunset Park. (5-10-97)
Image
Jack W. Zunino oral history interview
Identifier
OH-02816
Abstract
Oral history interview with Jack W. Zunino conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on August 20, 2016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Zunino tells of his employment with G.C. Wallace Engineering and JMA architects before founding his own landscape architecture firm in 1989. Additionally, Zunino discusses the evolution of landscape architecture in casino design.
Archival Collection
Congresswoman Shelley Berkley's float in the Gay Pride parade: photographic print
Date
1999-05-08
Archival Collection
Description
The third annual Gay Pride parade at Sunset Park, 1999. Photographer: Dennis McBride; Grand Marshall Congresswoman Shelley Berkley (her assistant, Tod Story, in sunglasses).
Image
Third annual Gay Pride Parade check-in, image 001: photographic print
Date
1999-05-08
Archival Collection
Description
Check-in for the third annual Gay Pride parade; Photographer: Dennis McBride. (5-8-99).
Image
Third annual Gay Pride Parade check-in, image 003: photographic print
Date
1999-05-08
Archival Collection
Description
Check-in for the third annual Gay Pride parade; Photographer: Dennis McBride. (5-8-99).
Image
Las Vegas Gay and Lesbian Chorus marching in the Gay Pride parade: photographic print, 1999
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00263
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 040
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 040
Archival Component
Eugene Williams oral history interview
Identifier
OH-02427
Abstract
Oral history interview with Eugene Williams conducted by Claytee White on July 18, 2008 for the All That Jazz Oral History Project. Williams discusses being signed to a musical group called the Platters in 1970, and performing with them for eighteen years. Williams also talks about his temporary hiatus form music to focus on his family, then returning to music through an ex-Platters group called the Sound of the Platters.
Archival Collection
Gay Community Yellow Pages booth at Gay Pride: photographic print, 1997 May 10
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00263
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 037
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 037
Archival Component