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Mobley, C. C. (Clio Cline), 1881-1985

C. C. (Clio Cline) Mobley was born in Greensberg, Indiana on February 9, 1888 to Lyman Mobley and

Nancy Doggett. Mobley married Bertha Pearl Dickey in 1903, and the new family moved soon after to

Riverside, California. Mobley's first daughter, Mary Miriam, was born in California in 1908. In 1911

Mobley moved his wife and family to the land in Las Vegas, Nevada that contained the Old Las Vegas

Mormon Fort and first swimming pool in Las Vegas. The family operated a dairy farm on the property,

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Wattin, Lucela M., 1979-

"Interviewed by Stefani Evans. Arriving in Las Vegas in 2015 directly from her hometown in Cebu Province, Philippines, Lucela M. Wattin was struck by the dry climate, "like an oven!" But she immediately felt at home in her apartment near Spring Mountain Road and Chinatown, because she could buy familiar food items, and because her new next door neighbor also came from Cebu Province.

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Postcard of couple in embrace in the center of an Ace of Hearts playing card, (N.Y.), 1910-1919

Date

1910 to 1919

Description

A postcard illustrating an ace of hearts playing card with a man holding a woman next to a table with poker chips and playing cards in the center ca. 1910-1919. The caption reads, "Game of Poker: Kitty gets it all".

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Postcard of hand holding royal flush with hearts, February 13, 1910

Date

1910-02-13

Description

A postcard illustrating five cards (the ace of hearts through the ten of hearts). The caption reads, "I offer you without a blush, my heart and hand for I am flush. To my Valentine".

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Silver Slipper Restaurant menu, circa early 1950s

Date

1950 to 1953

Description

Note: Postcard style menu Restaurant: Silver Slipper Restaurant Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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Deryk and Melissa Engelland oral history interview: transcript

Date

2019-05-23

Description

Oral history interview with Deryk and Melissa Engelland conducted by Barbara Tabach on May 23, 2019 for the Remembering 1 October Oral History Project.

Deryk Engelland is a professional hockey player and team spokesperson for the Vegas Golden Knights in Las Vegas. He and his wife, Melissa, discuss the events of the October 1 shooting and how the Golden Knights chose to honor the community that they were representing after this tragic event. Deryk and Melissa Engelland established the Vegas Born Foundation to honor first responders and community heroes, and the couple talks about the organization's accomplishments since its inception.

Subjects discussed include: Las Vegas healing.

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Interview with James Ogle, April 6, 2005

Date

2005-04-06

Description

Narrator affiliation: Physicist, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Family member

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Denton, Hazel Baker, 1887-1962

Hazel Baker Denton (1887-1962) was a prolific writer, educator, active community member, and elected to serve the Nevada State Assembly in the early 1950s.

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