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Various Las Vegas scenes in color: video
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Archival Collection
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B-roll footage of the exterior of First Western Saving bank, an unidentified apartment complex under construction, The International Casino, unidentified hotel under construction with a crane, overviews possibly from the International Casino showing the Landmark Casino and other Strip properties including Circus Circus. Original media 16mm, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 2048 x 1556. From The Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.
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Juanita Warren oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Juanita Warren conducted by Reed Jacober on March 02, 1981 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Warren discusses arriving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1949 and recalls the Las Vegas Strip during its development. Warren also discusses the construction of various early casinos.
Archival Collection
G.C. Ramsay oral history interview
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Oral history interview with G.C. Ramsay conducted by Steven Fink on March 19, 1981 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Ramsay compares and contrasts 1950s Las Vegas, Nevada to 1980s Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Mary Leavitt Frehner oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Mary Leavitt Frehner conducted by Gail M. Frehner on November 28, 1986 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Leavitt Frehner discusses her life in Bunkerville, Nevada and Mesquite, Nevada.
Archival Collection
Richard Wyman oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Richard Wyman conducted by Kenneth B. Manoff on March 12, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Wyman discusses working at the Nevada Test Site and his involvement with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Engineering Department.
Archival Collection
Bren Armstrong oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Bren Armstrong by Charles Bell on October 19, 1974 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Armstrong discusses the Las Vegas, Nevada newspaper business and his career as a political reporter for the Las Vegas Sun newspaper.
Archival Collection