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Nevada nursing history digital files, 2006, 2012
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: History of Nursing in Southern Nevada Oral History Project Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
Archival Component
James, Virginia, 1932-
Virginia Joyce Mooney was a dancer who performed in the Sands Hotel and Casino and the Tropicana Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. She changed her name to Virginia James when she began performing at the Sands.
Person
Excalibur Hotel and Casino construction progress shots: video
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Archival Collection
Description
Construction progress shots of the Excalibur Hotel and Casino. Taken across the street From the MGM, the video begins with the two main hotel towers and ends with construction of the "castle" center building nearly completed. Camera stays zoomed out mostly, occasionally pans in to see construction workers outside the building. Original media U-matic S, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.
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Countess, Jerome D.
Jerome Countess was born on December 22, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York. His mother raised him as a single mother, making ends meet with her job in a clothing factory. Countess's father rarely held a job, and his mother divorced him when Countess was three-years-old. Countess grew up in the borough's Jewish neighborhood, and he developed a reputation for being a skillful handball player and a great dancer.
Person
Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George
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Archival Collection
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