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View of administration building at Boulder Dam Recreation Area: photographic print and negative, 1938 March 31
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Basement museum room, showing north corner of room: photographic print and negative, 1938 January 10
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: United States National Park Service Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Musiette McKinney oral history interview, 2024 July 02
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Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Musiette McKinney conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on July 2, 2024 for Game On! The Oral History of Las Vegas Sports project. In this interview, Musiette KcKinney recalls a childhood in Illinois and Pomona, California. She describes being recruited out of high school to play at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in 1975, and then being drafted to the San Francisco Pioneers, an expansion team in the first women's professional basketball league, the Women's Basketball League. Returning to Pomona, McKinney coached basketball part time for Mount San Antonio Community College (Mt. SAC) and earned her A.A. in Criminal Justice. In 1992, McKinney arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada as UNLV's Assistant Women's Basketball Coach for four years under Head Coach Jim Bolla. After two years at the Andre Agassi Academy, McKinney returned to UNLV to work with the Center for Academic Enrichment & Outreach. McKinney was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame with her former team, the San Francisco Pioneers, and the entire Women's Professional Basketball League as "Trailblazers of the Game." Digital audio and photographs available.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Game On! The Oral History of Las Vegas Sports Interviews
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
Archival Component
Kaku Makino and Julie Kano oral history interview
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Abstract
Oral history interview with Kaku Makino and Julie Kano conducted by Kristel Peralta, Vanessa Concepcion, Ayrton Yamaguchi, and Stefani Evans on March 22, 2021 for the Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Makino discusses his early life in Tokyo, Japan and becoming a chef. He recalls arriving to the United States in 1989, establishing the Todai (now Makino Sushi & Seafood Buffet) restaurant chain, and opening nineteen locations in California, Florida, and in Hawaii. Kano talks about her upbringing in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan and describes Japan during the Meiji era. She remembers arriving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2000 and the cultural change she experienced. Lastly, Makino and Kano discuss the restaurant industry during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Archival Collection
East of Afton where westerly portal Tunnel No. 1 is surrounded by 1720 feet of washed out trackage, 1938
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Archival Component
Milepost 198 indicates washout main track 234 feet, allowing no support track structure, 1938
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Archival Component
Between Islen, Nevada and Barclay, Nevada indicates embankment supporting main track washed out, 1938
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Archival Component
Embankment and temporary tie crib culvert installed under main track at Mira Loma Station, 1938
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Archival Component
Six bents of this bridge washed out together with ten piling in other bents require replacement, 1938
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Archival Component
Will be necessary to replace one piling and straighten five others; deck of bridge shifted 8 inches for 8 spans, 1938
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Archival Component