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Aquiles Garcia oral history interview
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Abstract
Oral history interview with Aquiles Garcia conducted by Claytee D. White on January 10 and February 20, 2015 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Garcia discusses the political atmosphere and risks of being gay in Juan Perón’s Argentina in the 1940s, Las Vegas, Nevada life in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and his dual Las Vegas careers as a dancer and a casino dealer throughout the second half of the twentieth century.
Archival Collection
2016 research files, approximately 1929 to 2016
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The 2017 addition contains research files (1929-2016) created by Dennis McBride in writing his book,
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada
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