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Interview with Jerome Alexander Zawada, August 9, 2006

Date

2006-08-09

Description

Narrator affiliation: Franciscan Priest, Nevada Desert Experience

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Interview with James Nobuo Yamazaki, October 14, 2005

Date

2005-10-14

Description

Narrator affiliation: Physician in Charge, Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, Nagasaki

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Transcript of interview with Sherwin "Scoop" Garside by David Anderson, March 25, 1976

Date

1976-03-25

Description

On March 25, 1976, David Anderson interviewed Sherwin “Scoop” Garside (born May 26, 1915 in Tonopah, Nevada) about his life in Southern Nevada. Garside first talks about his father’s business in running an early Nevada newspaper and his personal knowledge of the early mining that took place in different parts of Nevada. He also talks about living in the town of Tonopah, the American Indians who lived in the area, and his experiences from living in Las Vegas. Garside also mentions the beginnings of gambling in Las Vegas, the population boom periods of Las Vegas, and his experiences in witnessing the aboveground atomic testing.

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Photograph of a man in a tie, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1974

Date

1974

Description

A photograph of Amarillo Slim shown during World Series of Poker Tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1974.

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