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Drag show at the Kit Kat Club, located at 2501 East Charleston Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital image

Date

1943 to 1944

Description

From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: The address given for the Kit Kat Club is approximate as it stood on the outskirts of Las Vegas at what then was known as "Five Points": the intersection of East Charleston Boulevard, East Fremont Street, and the Boulder Highway [at this location today noted as the extension of East Fremont Street]. ... This photograph belongs to the Clark County Museum. ... For more on the Kit Kat Club, see Out of the Neon Closet: Queer Community in the Silver State, by Dennis McBride [North Charleston, South Carolina: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform], p. 56. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: unidentified female impersonator

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Drag show at the Kit Kat Club, located at 2501 East Charleston Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital image

Date

1943 to 1944

Description

From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: The address given for the Kit Kat Club is approximate as it stood on the outskirts of Las Vegas at what then was known as "Five Points": the intersection of East Charleston Boulevard, East Fremont Street, and the Boulder Highway [at this location today noted as the extension of East Fremont Street]. ... This photograph belongs to the Clark County Museum. ... For more on the Kit Kat Club, see Out of the Neon Closet: Queer Community in the Silver State, by Dennis McBride [North Charleston, South Carolina: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform], p. 56. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: crowd

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Drag show at the Kit Kat Club, located at 2501 East Charleston Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital image

Date

1943 to 1944

Description

From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: The address given for the Kit Kat Club is approximate as it stood on the outskirts of Las Vegas at what then was known as "Five Points": the intersection of East Charleston Boulevard, East Fremont Street, and the Boulder Highway [at this location today noted as the extension of East Fremont Street]. ... This photograph belongs to the Clark County Museum. ... For more on the Kit Kat Club, see Out of the Neon Closet: Queer Community in the Silver State, by Dennis McBride [North Charleston, South Carolina: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform], p. 56. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: unidentified band members

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Crowd at the same-sex marriage rally, Gay and Lesbian Community Center, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital image

Date

2013-06-26

Description

From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: This rally was called at the Center to celebrate the Supreme Court of the United States' overturning of the federal Defense of Marriage Act [DOMA] on June 26, 2013. … For a detailed description of this rally, see Dennis McBride journal entry for July 2, 2013. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: gray jacket: Elliot Anderson [Nevada State Assemblyman, District 15, Democrat]; tall woman in orange and white striped shift: Heidi Swank [Nevada State Assemblywoman, District 16, Democrat]; in red t-shirt: Larry Edwards [African American female impersonator]

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Crowd at the same-sex marriage rally, Gay and Lesbian Community Center, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital image

Date

2013-06-26

Description

From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: This rally was called at the Center to celebrate the Supreme Court of the United States' overturning of the federal Defense of Marriage Act [DOMA] on June 26, 2013. … For a detailed description of this rally, see Dennis McBride journal entry for July 2, 2013. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: tall woman in orange and white striped shift: Heidi Swank [Nevada State Assemblywoman, District 16, Democrat]; gray jacket: Elliot Anderson [Nevada State Assemblyman, District 15, Democrat]; in red t-shirt: Larry Edwards [African American female impersonator]

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Robert L. "Bob" Forbuss portrait, interior at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center, three days before grand opening: digital image

Date

2013-04-03

Description

From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: This photograph was taken three days before the Center's April 6, 2013 grand opening. ... The building was named for gay Las Vegas businessman and philanthropist, Robert L. Forbuss [1948-2012], who donated a substantial amount of money toward the Center's construction. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Special Collections Department holds a photograph and manuscript collection from Forbuss [MS-00888], as well as an oral history interview [F849.L35 F657 2010]. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: Robert L. "Bob" Forbuss [photographic portrait]

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Robert L. "Bob" Forbuss portrait, interior at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center, three days before grand opening: digital image

Date

2013-04-03

Description

From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: This photograph was taken three days before the Center's April 6, 2013 grand opening. ... The building was named for gay Las Vegas businessman and philanthropist, Robert L. Forbuss [1948-2012], who donated a substantial amount of money toward the Center's construction. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Special Collections Department holds a photograph and manuscript collection from Forbuss [MS-00888], as well as an oral history interview [F849.L35 F657 2010]. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: Robert L. "Bob" Forbuss [photographic portrait]

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Making signs to protest the passage of Proposition 8 at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital image

Date

2008-12-13

Description

From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: This second of two rallies based at the Center was called to protest passage of California's anti-same-sex marriage legislation, Proposition 8, in early November 2008. For details of the two rallies see Dennis McBride journal entries November 16, November 23, and December 21, 2008. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: unidentified protester

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Joshua Smithman and Dan Smithman at the protest of the passage of Proposition 8 at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital image

Date

2008-12-13

Description

From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: This second of two rallies based at the Center was called to protest passage of California's anti-same-sex marriage legislation, Proposition 8, in early November 2008. For details of the two rallies see Dennis McBride journal entries November 16, November 23, and December 21, 2008. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: Joshua Smithman and Dan Smithman

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Joshua Smithman and Dan Smithman at the protest of the passage of Proposition 8 at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital image

Date

2008-12-13

Description

From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Notes from the donor, Dennis McBride: This second of two rallies based at the Center was called to protest passage of California's anti-same-sex marriage legislation, Proposition 8, in early November 2008. For details of the two rallies see Dennis McBride journal entries November 16, November 23, and December 21, 2008. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: Joshua Smithman and Dan Smithman

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