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Julie McDonald interview, March 14, 1981: transcript
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Archival Collection
Description
On March 14, 1981, Michael Richardson interviewed Julie McDonald (b. 1945 in Torrance, California) about her childhood and life in Las Vegas, Nevada. McDonald shares her first impressions of Las Vegas, her schooling and the location of residential areas. Throughout the interview, McDonald also goes into detail concerning her occupations at the Guild Theatre, her secretarial work at Nellis Air Force Base, her singing career and being a “21” dealer. McDonald discusses the changes in the gaming industry, particularly the incorporation of women dealers, the use of the silver dollar and the requirements for dealers. McDonald ends by discussing housing, major happenings within Las Vegas, recreation as a kid and mass media in early Las Vegas.
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Telegram from W. H. Comstock to C. P. Smith, July 11, 1922
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Archival Collection
Description
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Photograph of the Independence Day parade, Goldfield (Nev.), July 4, 1908
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Archival Collection
Description
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Fourth of July Celebration: photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
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A Look at the City of Las Vegas: City Government, 1972
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Gilbert Buck Papers
Box/Folder: Box 06
Archival Component
Julie Brinkerhoff-Jacobs oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Julie Brinkerhoff-Jacobs conducted by Stefani Evans on September 30, 2016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. Brinkerhoff-Jacobs talks about her childhood in Southern California and Europe, the history of Lifescapes International, how she came into the business, and how the company came to do most of the major projects on Las Vegas, Nevada Strip as well as other Clark County locations.
Archival Collection
Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, 1949
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Archival Collection
Description
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Boulder City park, Boulder City, Nevada, undated
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: William V. Wright Collection of Nevada Postcards
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
City of Boulder City clocktower and landscape plan, 1996
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection of Architecture Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 093
Archival Component