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"The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love" film screening in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints, image 008

Description

Stamped on verso: "Seattle Filmworks Print 22 Roll 52974444 25 JUL 95"

Safer Sex Party at Angles-n-Lace Fundraiser in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints, image 009

Description

Stamped on verso: "Seattle Filmworks Print 22 Roll 52955257 15 AUG 95"

Downtown Mall proposal; mall plan; perspective sketches of aerial tramway

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

This set includes hand drawn perspective sketches of a proposed aerial tramway for Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

James B. McDaniel Architectural Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00203
Collection Name: James B. McDaniel Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Flat File 043

Archival Component

Downtown Mall proposal; mall plan; perspective sketches of aerial tramway

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

This set includes hand drawn perspective sketches of a proposed aerial tramway for Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

James B. McDaniel Architectural Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00203
Collection Name: James B. McDaniel Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Flat File 044

Archival Component

Transcript of interview with Mike and Susan Baller by Barbara Tabach, March 16, 2016

Date

2016-03-16

Description

In this interview, Mike and Susan Baller reflect upon their lives in Las Vegas, from growing up as teenagers amongst the tight-knit Jewish community, to mob influence on the city, and the impact of the city's growth. Mike shares stories about first arriving in Las Vegas to live, being a teenaged busboy at Binions Horseshoe to being related to Moe Dalitz -- in Michigan Mike drove a truck for the Dalitz dry cleaning business.

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Transcript of bus tour of "Jewish Las Vegas" by Temple Beth Sholom, May 17, 2015

Date

2015-05-17

Description

Temple Beth Sholom organized and led a bus tour of parts of Las Vegas that are significant in local Jewish history. Stops on the tour included Woodlawn Cemetery and the former Temple Beth Sholom campus on Oakey Boulevard. Narrator Arlene Blut gives the overview of the Jewish community, and Rabbi Felipe Goodman talks to tour participants at the cemetery. Former Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman speaks at the old synagogue along with Josh Abbey, whose mother created the stained glass windows at the temple.

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Transcript of interview with Jerry Eppenger by Claytee D. White, September 14, 2011

Date

2011-09-14

Description

Interview with Jerry Eppenger conducted by Claytee D. White on September 14, 2011. Eppenger's family moved from Arkansas to Las Vegas in 1953. Joining the Marine Corps in 1964, he was among the early combatants in the Vietnam War. After a brief time in Alaska, he returned to Las Vegas and found work as a security guard at Bonanza Hotel and Nevada Test Site before attending dealer school. Eppenger recalls local black leaders and describes episodes in segregation and racial relations of 1970s Las Vegas. He shares memories of his beloved Cadillac and the fast and lucrative lifestyle of a dealer.

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