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Brooks, Jewel, 1925-2015
Jewel Brooks came to Las Vegas, Nevada with her husband Bob Brooks and opened the Nevada Biltmore. She was involved in the community for many years and passed away in 2015.
Source:
http://obits.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?pid=176786633
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Blanch Jackson Photograph Collection
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Abstract
The Blanch Jackson Photograph Collection (approximately 1900-1941) contains black-and-white photographic prints and negatives from the Jackson family’s life in Tonopah, Nevada and their travels to mining sites in Nevada and Arizona. Blanch, her husband Clyde, her father-in-law Colonel David Howell Jackson, their two sons, and some acquaintances are pictured in the photographs.
Archival Collection
Automobile parked by a tent in the desert: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Transcript of interview with Marguerite Goldstein by Carol A. Semendoff, February 25, 1979
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Archival Collection
Description
On February 25 1979, collector, Carol A. Semendoff interviewed cashier, Marguerite Goldstein, (born on May 1925 in Oberlin, Kansas) in the library at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. This interview covers early Las Vegas, from 1950 to 1979. Also included during this interview is discussion on local dignitaries, the growth of Las Vegas, gambling as the major industry in Las Vegas, Strip hotels, and housing developments.
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