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The Ramona Room, Hotel Last Frontier, menu, February 20, 1951;

Date

1951-02-20

Description

Note: Page 4 lists "world famous scenic attractions conveniently located to the Hotel Last Frontier" Menu insert: Daily specials Restaurant: The Ramona Room Location: Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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Last Frontier Village, menu;

Date

1950 (year approximate) to 1980 (year approximate)

Description

Note: Last Frontier Village was a facsimile of a Western pioneer town built adjacent to the Last Frontier Hotel Menu insert: Daily specials Restaurant: Last Frontier Village Location: Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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The Ramona Room, Hotel Last Frontier, menu;

Date

1950 (year approximate) to 1980 (year approximate)

Description

Note: Page 4 lists "world famous scenic attractions conveniently located to the Hotel Last Frontier" Restaurant: The Ramona Room Location: Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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Silver Slipper Restaurant, menu

Date

1950 (year approximate) to 1980 (year approximate)

Description

Note: Menu lists saloon show times; designed to be mailed Menu insert: Event programs; Advertisements; Daily Specials Restaurant: Silver Slipper Restaurant Location: Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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Frontier Hotel and Casino music hall, dinner menu

Date

1950 (year approximate) to 1980 (year approximate)

Description

Note: Performer unspecified Menu insert: Wine lists Restaurant: Frontier Hotel and Casino Music Hall Location: Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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Frontier Hotel and Casino music hall, dinner menu

Date

1950 (year approximate) to 1980 (year approximate)

Description

Note: Performer unspecified Menu insert: Wine lists Restaurant: Frontier Hotel and Casino Music Hall Location: Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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Mike Montano interview, September 19, 2008: transcript

Date

2008-09-19

Description

First played in Las Vegas with Jack E. Leonard in 1960. Only worked at two hotels during his 24-year Las Vegas career - Flamingo and riviera

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Transcript of interview with Ray Christian by Russell L. Ellis, March 19, 1978

Date

1978-03-19

Description

On March 19, 1978, Russell L. Ellis interviewed former postal worker, Ray Christian (born 1927 in Las Vegas, Nevada). The two discuss Ray’s family history and his experiences as a Black man in early Las Vegas. Ray Christian compares the experiences of his childhood with that of his children in Las Vegas. The interview concludes with Christian expressing how Las Vegas has grown and that there are more opportunities available for his children to pursue.

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Interview with Gracian Uhalde, December 1, 2006

Date

2006-12-01

Description

Narrator affiliation: Rancher

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Transcript of interview with Gilbert D. Yarchever by Claytee White, 2006

Date

2006-04-03

Description

Gilbert Yarchever was one of nine siblings, born and bred in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He describes the way his mother?s family was granted the last name of ?Kurfeersf" by Emperor Franz Joseph (of Austria-Hungary), explains the Seder (the Jewish observation of the exodus of Hebrews from Egypt), and tells what it was like to survive the Depression. Gilbert describes the jobs he held after high school and the government examination he took that led to his lifetime of adventure and travel. He moved to Washington, D.C., in 1940 and kept himself busy working for the government and taking classes at George Washington University, as well as working part time at Hecht Department Store and as a freelance court reporter. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Gilbert was sent to Africa on a merchant ship, helped smuggle Jewish survivors into Jerusalem, and was assigned the task of negotiating with Arab sheikhs for laborers to build a road. In the years after that, he worked in Europe, Panama, Alaska, Japan, and Hawaii and describes many of the jobs he was responsible for and many of the individuals he met. He also married and had children, kept up with university classes whenever he could, and collected art objects and paintings. Following his retirement in 1977, Gilbert and his family came to Las Vegas and bought a condo in Regency Towers. He did some consulting work for a couple of years, and then he and his wife began traveling around the states and going abroad. He was involved with UNLV?s EXCEL program, the music department, and the Las Vegas Art Museum. (He and his second wife Edythe presented the first major exhibition on Holocaust art at the museum.) These days Gilbert often donates pieces from his art collection to churches, synagogues, and charitable organizations.

Gilbert Yarchever was in the Navy during World War II, helped smuggle Jewish refugees into Jerusalem, worked as a civil servant in many countries, and moved to Las Vegas in 1977. He helped found the EXCEL program at University of Nevada, Las Vegas and was an art collector with his wife, Edythe Katz-Yarchever.

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