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Interview with George Robert Maynard, Sr., February 16, 2005
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John Myron Partridge and unnamed naval sailors: photographic print
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John Myron Partridge saluting an unidentified naval Lieutenant: photographic print
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Photograph of Cragin and others, Las Vegas, 1940s
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Photograph of military men, Las Vegas, circa 1930s
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Lieutenant Colonel Roberts at a desk: photographic print
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Dorothy Bell Scans UNLV-Public Lands Institute. Stamped on back: "Headquarters, 9th Armored Division, Special Service Section."
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Yolanda Rayford oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Yolanda Rayford conducted by Claytee D. White on August 11, 2015 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Rayford discusses her personal history and what it was like to have a parent in the armed services during her youth. She talks about living in Tokyo, Japan while her father was stationed there and describes life on the military base. Rayford recalls moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1969 and describes the riots that were happening in West Las Vegas at the time. She goes on to talk about the entertainment on Jackson Street and discusses how Jackson Street was the downtown for the Westside community. Lastly, Rayford talks of her employment at the Nevada Test Site doing clerical work and the future of the African American community in Las Vegas.
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