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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.
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Fourth of July Celebration: photographic print
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Telegram from W. M. Jeffers (Omaha) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 18, 1938
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Jeffers, having read a Las Vegas Review-Journal article about the water shortage in Las Vegas, asks Bracken to advise on possible rates revisions for those using evaporative water coolers.
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African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project Town Hall Meeting
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Town hall meeting for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project facilitated by Claytee D. White on May 11, 2013. In this town hall, White explains the mission and the purpose behind the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. Attendees also speak, telling stories and histories of the African American people and communities in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Pastel fashion sketches and figure drawings by "Fluff" LeCoque, 1938-1943
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Pastel fashion sketches and figure drawings
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Photograph of the Independence Day parade, Goldfield (Nev.), July 4, 1908
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Photographic record of storm damage to Union Pacific Railroad railway lines, March 2, 1938
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Selected pages from a photographic record book of the damage to the main rail line from California to Utah from a 1938 storm. Text accompanying photos include description of track location.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes with unidentified men, New York, circa 1938
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Slide of Frank & Estella Beam Hall, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1984
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Film transparency of a bar, Golden Nugget Gambling Hall, Las Vegas, circa 1940s
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