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Photographs of Frontier Strike: Desert Solidarity, Solidarity March, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1990 December 05 (folder 2 of 2)
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Several organizations unite in solidarity to support the Frontier Strike in December 1990. Supporters holding signs, banners, and flags march and pose outside the Frontier. There are also photos of police officers and firemen outside the hotel. Culinary Union secretary-treasurer Jim Arnold is in multiple photos, posing with groups and individuals, shown on stage at a rally, and at a Christmas party. Also included in this folder are: photos of Frontier owners Margaret and Tom Elardi, a portable bathroom decorated with signs and a large rodent, and a clip from an article stating, "DESERT SOLIDARITY, OUR LINE IN THE SAND." Banners and signs in the photos read: "Aloha from Hawaii, local 5 here, Hawaii's people support Frontier Strike," "Frontier Hotel, on strike, Culinary Workers Union, Bartenders Union, Teamsters Union, Operating Engineers Union, Carpenters Union," "AFL-CIO Desert Solidarity," "We're here! Steelworkers district 39 sub-district 2," "Frontier unfair to Teamsters Local Union 995."Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike Site name: Frontier Hotel and Casino
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Newspaper clipping, Water waste is prohibited by law, April 28, 1945
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Archival Collection
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Newspaper clipping from unknown source reminding readers of the city ordinance forbidding the waste of water.
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Completion of land transfer from Rocky Mountain Produce Company to Las Vegas Paiute Colony: correspondence and records
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Archival Collection
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Letter from Bobby J. Sallee, Realty Specialist, to Acting Superintendent, about fencing the Las Vegas Paiute Colony. Letter from Realty Officer Robert Donlevy to Arden J. Sampson inquiring about the status of the pending conveyance of lands from Rocky Mountain Produce Company to the Las Vegas Indian (Paiute Colony). Requests from Nellie Sanchez, a resident of the Las Vegas Paiute Colony. Letter from Superintendent to Bruce Stucki confirming that conveyance transaction of land to the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe is final. Letter from Superintendent Robert L. Hunter to Chairman of the Las Vegas Paiute Colony Council Kenneth Anderson about finalizing the transfer of a small strip of land from the Rocky Mountain Produce Company. Correspondence about a proposed fence between the Las Vegas Paiute Colony and the Skyvue Mobile Park. Correspondence between Field Solicitor Otto Aho and Superintendent Robert L. Hunter about "Legal sufficiency of deed from Arden J. Sampson for access strip for Las Vegas Indians" (deed and maps included). Correspondence between Chairman of the Las Vegas Colony Council Kenneth D. Anderson and the Bureau of Indian Affairs about a map of each lot on the colony and water charges. Correspondence about a "Title Insurance Policy" needed to finalize land transfer from Rocky Mountain Produce to the Las Vegas Paiute Colony. Resolution of the Las Vegas Indian (Paiute) Colony to accept the land transfer from Arden J. Sampson.
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Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection
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The Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection (1986) contains black-and-white and color photographic prints and conceptual sketches of the Showboat Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The photographs depict casino patrons in various locations throughout the Showboat, and the sketches show exterior and interior designs.
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Major Galen F. Bartmus Collection of Nellis Air Force Base Photographs
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The Major Galen F. Bartmus Collection of Nellis Air Force Base Photographs is comprised of black-and-white photographic prints taken at and around Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada between 1950 and 1953.
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Thunderbird Plane Photograph Collection
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The Thunderbird Plane Photograph Collection contains seven photographs of the Thunderbird Plane, its crew, its owners, and a photograph of Lake Mohave Resort from the 1960s to the 1970s. The Thunderbird Plane was owned by the Thunderbird Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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John R. Bruckman Photographs of Nellis Air Force Base
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The John R. Bruckman Photographs of Nellis Air Force Base contain photographs of Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas, Nevada from 1951 to 1954. The collection includes photographs of the Nellis Air Force Base Baseball Team, base headquarters, buildings on the base, and soldiers outside of the Last Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas.
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Ruthe Scott Photographs of Las Vegas, Nevada Hotels and Casinos
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The Ruthe Scott Photographs of Las Vegas, Nevada Hotels and Casinos contain color and black-and-white negatives and transparencies of Las Vegas hotels and casinos from 1960 to 1986. The collection includes the Sahara Hotel, Castaways Hotel and Casino, the Desert Inn Hotel, the Dunes Hotel, the Riviera Hotel, the Sands Hotel, the Silver Slipper Gambling Hall, Tally Ho Grounds, the Thunderbird Hotel, and the Hotel Flamingo. The collection also includes people gambling in Las Vegas casinos and two transparencies of Nevada politician Phil Tobin, who sponsored the bill to legalize gambling in 1931.
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Bella Tyktin Stern Photographs
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The Bella Tyktin Stern Photographs contain black-and-white photographs and negatives of Bella Tyktin Stern in locations around Las Vegas, Nevada from 1943 to 1960. The locations include Mt. Charleston Ski-Bar Ranch, the Last Frontier Hotel, Scotty's Castle in Death Valley, California, the Grand Canyon, Arizona, and Valley of Fire, Nevada.
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Wengert Family Photographs
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The Wengert Family Photographs (1890-1966) depict the lives of the Wengert family. In addition are materials focusing on day-to-day activities such as holiday celebrations, family milestones, and some Southern Nevada Power Company employees. Although there are chronological gaps in the materials, particularly in the early years of Cyril and Lottie’s lives, the images provide historical documentation of this Las Vegas family.
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