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Kaku Makino and Masako "Julie" Ishitsuka oral history interview: transcript
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Oral history interview with Kaku Makino and Masako "Julie" Ishitsuka 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.
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Photograph of barrel race, Goldfield (Nev.), July 4, 1906
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Archival Collection
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Expansion Program, 1976 July 22
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Martin Stern Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Flat File 171a
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Larsen Residence, 1961 July 14
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Alton Dean Jensen Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Roll 117
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Hall, Loretta, Underground Buildings: More Than Meets the Eye, 2004
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Underground House of Las Vegas Collection
Box/Folder: Box 02
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The Veritable History of Whittington and His Cat. London: Chapman and Hall, 1847
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
Box/Folder: No Container 00
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Barnaby Rudge by Dickens, Charles. London: Chapman and Hall, vol. 1-2, 1868
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
Box/Folder: No Container 00
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Barrington by Charles Lever. London: Chapman and Hall, approximately 1860 to 1869
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
Box/Folder: Box 28
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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, July 26, 1907
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Archival Collection
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Howard Hughes and crew at a luncheon: Harry P. Connor, navigator of the Hughes plane; Grover Whalen; Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York City; Thomas Thurlow, navigator; Richard Stoddart, radio engineer; and Edward Lund, flight engineer; also William Randolph Hearst Jr. of the Hearst publishing company, 1938 July 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 13
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