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Billman, Tomoko
Tomoko Sekiya Katsuko was born in Japan. She was a dancer in the Holiday in Japan stage show and came to the United States in 1960. The group performed the show at the New Frontier Hotel and Casino, Desert Inn Hotel and Casino, and Dunes Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada in the early 1960s. After the show concluded, she stayed in the United States and eventually married Larry Billman in 1967. The couple went on to have two children, Sekiya Billman and Saadia Billman.
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Hazard, Ruth Evaline, 1907-1997
Long-time Las Vegas resident Ruth Evaline Hazard (née Worden) was born in Marshall, Michigan on June 25, 1907 to Joseph V. Worden and Mary D. Hare. She lived in Michigan until she moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1931. Over the course of her lifetime, she worked as a secretary, a bookkeeper/accountant, and worked at Baker and Hazard Realty (a property management company founded by C. D. Baker and H. E. Hazard).
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Tom and Erma Godbey Photograph Collection
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The Tom and Erma Godbey Photograph Collection is comprised of thirteen black-and-white photographic prints and negatives from 1934 to 1944. The photographs depict the Godbey family participating in parades and other events in Boulder City, Nevada and Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Project renders, presentation material, "Celebrating 25 yrs of Innovative Design: John Levy Lighting Productions 1992-2017" book, Stratosphere Las Vegas advertisement brochure and colored artist rendering (1995), Caesars Palace Las Vegas printed renderings, Casino du Montreal photographs, Seven Hills street pole renderings, conceptual sky imagery renderings for Bally's Atlantic City, and conceptual lighting fixture sketches for Bally's Las Vegas, Caesars Palace Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Convention Center, and Club Regent Casino Winnepeg, 1995 to 2017
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Collection Name: John Levy Lighting Productions, Inc. Records
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 34
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Irwin and Susan Molasky Papers
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The Irwin and Susan Molasky Papers (early 1900s-2012, bulk 1970-2012) primarily contain materials related to real estate development work by Irwin Molasky with his company, the Molasky Group of Companies, in Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition, the collection includes personal photographs (early 1900s-2011, bulk 1970-2011) of family members, friends, and events, as well as a Proclamation from Clark County, Nevada to establish the Molasky Family Park.
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Bugbee, Robert W., 1926-1993
Robert W. Bugbee was born August 21, 1926 in Omaha, Nebraska to CO Bugbee and Ehtel Passoth. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in the early 1950s. In the late 1960s, Bugbee founded the Las Vegas, Nevada Boys Club an organization that engaged young men in sports and skill building to keep them out of trouble. Bugbee died on September 02, 1993.
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Harris, Ida M. (Ida Mary Magdalene), 1903-2006
Ida Harris was born in Deshler, Nebraska on May 11, 1903 to Fred Grossman and Anna Steljes. Harris moved to Nevada in 1921 to visit her aunt and uncle who she eventually lived with until 1926 when they moved to Los Angeles, California. Harris worked for JC Penny's from 1921 to 1946, as a cashier. In 1926 Harris married Art Harris, a barber.
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Albright, George H., 1909-1996
George Albright was born December 06, 1909 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1931. He had a role in creating the building plans for the Hoover Dam, he worked with the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce and the Clark County Board of County Commissioners, and he dealt with planning conventions on various Las Vegas Strip properties. Albright passed away November 08, 1996.
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Eaton, Mary, 1908-2009
Mary Eaton was born April 14, 1908 in Kansas. She was born Protestant and became involved with the Grace Community Church. Mary married her husband, Bruce, in June of 1931. They moved to Boulder City, Nevada in 1932 and raised their two children there. Eatn was a teacher and civic leader in Boulder City. She passed away January 31, 2009.
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