The people and celebrities at Lake Mead file consists of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives from approximately 1945 to 1956. The images primarily depict the one of the co-owners of the Lake Mead Boat Company, "Doc" Dietrich, and the company's publicity photographs of celebrities Martha Vicker, Manuel Rojas, and Phil Harris.
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Portrait photographs of Phillip "Phil" Shapiro and Melvin "Mel" Shapiro, brothers and co-creators of the Las Vegas dry cleaner company "Al Phillips The Cleaner." 120mm negatives.
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Nevada Week in Review featuring host Mitch Fox along with panelists Fred Lewis of KNEWS Radio, Jeff German of the Las Vegas Sun, Phil Hevener of Las Vegas Style magazine, and Angela Rodriguez discussing Stratopshere Tower design and marketing. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
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Oral history interview with G. L. Vitto conducted by Phil Sabol on March 01, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Vitto discusses his personal history.
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