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Andre Wade at the LGBTQ African American community panel discussion at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital image

Date

2016-02-23

Description

From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: Andre Wade [Center Director of Operations (gay)]

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Andre Wade at the LGBTQ African American community panel discussion at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital image

Date

2016-02-23

Description

From the Dennis McBride Photograph Collection (PH-00263) -- LGBTQ+ events and organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada -- Digital images file. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: Andre Wade [Center Director of Operations (gay)]

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#69536: Volumes of the Las Vegas City Commission Minutes archived at UNLV Special Collections, undated

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File

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
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Collection Number: PH-00388-05
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

Archival Component

Las Vegas Archival Tape Reel 11: U-matic tape, approximately 1987 January 21

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Item

Archival Collection

William Mors Audiovisual Collection
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Collection Number: MS-01147
Collection Name: William Mors Audiovisual Collection
Box/Folder: Box 25

Archival Component

Las Vegas Archival Tape Reel 14: U-matic tape, approximately 1987 January 22

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Item

Archival Collection

William Mors Audiovisual Collection
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Collection Number: MS-01147
Collection Name: William Mors Audiovisual Collection
Box/Folder: Box 25

Archival Component

Las Vegas Archival Tape Reel 17: U-matic tape, approximately 1987 January 29

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

William Mors Audiovisual Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01147
Collection Name: William Mors Audiovisual Collection
Box/Folder: Box 25

Archival Component

The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar: A digital archive for UNLV University Libraries Special Collections, 2016

Date

1905-07-08

Archival Collection

Description

Document summarizing what is in the photo collection.

Text

Guava Soleil at the Miss Gay Las Vegas Pageant at Gipsy nightclub, 4605 South Paradise Road, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital image

Date

1988-08-08

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 series of photographs of the Gipsy nightclub arson fire was downloaded from the Internet on August 20, 2018 and includes Guava Soleil's captions. Efforts to reach Soleil were unsuccessful. Soleil's caption for image no. 4644 reads, "The night they burned old Gipsy down...I took this pix. I was there that eve competing in the Miss Gay Las Vegas Pageant (hosted by Kenny Kerr). I was poised to take the crown.....somebody gas bombed the place and it burned to the ground!! One word: CARRIE !!!! — " For more on the Gipsy fire see Out of the Neon Closet: Queer Community in the Silver State, by Dennis McBride [North Charleston, SC: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016], pp. 36-37. Also see the Las Vegas Review-Journal, August 9, 1988, 11E; the Bohemian Bugle extra, August 9, 1988; and the Las Vegas Bugle, December 1993, pp. 20-22.

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Various political figures and community members stand by the "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign with rainbow-colored lights in celebration of Las Vegas Gay Pride Week: digital image

Date

2013-08-30

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: In recognition of Gay Pride Week the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority changed the bulbs outlining the Welcome to Las Vegas sign from yellow to rainbow-colored. For a detailed description of this event, see Dennis McBride journal entry for September 8, 2013. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: Heidi Swank [Nevada State Assemblywoman, District 16, Democrat]; Nelson Araujo [representative from U. S. Senator-NV Harry Reid's office, Democrat (gay)]; David Parks [Nevada State Senator, District 7, Democrat (gay)]; unidentified Asian man; Larry Edwards [African American female impersonator]; unidentified man; unidentified man; unidentified man

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Various political figures and community members stand by the "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign with rainbow-colored lights in celebration of Las Vegas Gay Pride Week: digital image

Date

2013-08-30

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: In recognition of Gay Pride Week the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority changed the bulbs outlining the Welcome to Las Vegas sign from yellow to rainbow-colored. For a detailed description of this event, see Dennis McBride journal entry for September 8, 2013. Individuals identified by the donor, Dennis McBride: Heidi Swank [Nevada State Assemblywoman, District 16, Democrat]; David Parks [Nevada State Senator, District 7, Democrat (gay)]; unidentified Asian man; Larry Edwards [African American female impersonator]; unidentified man; Nelson Araujo [representative from U. S. Senator-NV Harry Reid's office; Democrat (gay)]; unidentified man

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