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Warren, Melissa, 1959-
Linda Faiss, Helen Foley, and Melissa Warren founded and run Faiss Foley Warren Public Relations and Public Affairs.
Melissa Warren grew up in Salt Lake City Utah before moving to Las Vegas at the age of 31 in 1990.
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Lockette, Emory W., Sr., 1923-2005
Emory and Agnes Lockette met while they were both in college; she in Albany, Georgia, and he in Dawson, Georgia. He studied architectural and structural engineering. They secretly married in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1949 and moved to Boulder City in 1953 where they were the only African Americans during a time of tense race relations. She earned graduate degrees, including a doctorate in early childhood education, at UNLV. Initially, Mrs.
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Photograph of the class of 1918, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1918.
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Archival Collection
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Audio clip from interview with Henry Kronberg on April 13, 2015
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Archival Collection
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In this clip, Henry Kronberg discusses acquiring Stoney's, a pawn shop on First Street, in 1964. When he arrived in Las Vegas in 1962, he worked with his brother-in-law at Pioneer Loan, then purchased Stoney's, which he grew into the most successful pawnshop in town. He discusses his business partner Dave Pearlmutter, and his international customers.
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