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Photograph of the Sands Hotel marquee, Las Vegas, circa 1950s-1960s
Date
1950 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
The Sands Hotel primary marquee advertises Rosemary Clooney; Buddy Cole at the piano; Joey Bishop; Antonio Morelli and His Music; and, in the lounge, Louis Jordan. The partially visible secondary marquee advertises Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five; The Nu-Tones; Teddy Noell and His Orchestra.
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Photograph of the Sands marquee, circa 1960s
Date
1960 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
The primary marquee is advertising: Nat King Cole, In Sights and Sounds of 1964, The Merry Young Souls, and Ronnie Martin. The secondary marquee is advertising: Jerry Wald Five with Ruth Gillis, Dave Burton, Don Wyatt, and the Ernie Stewart Trio in the lounge. Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
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Photograph of Carol Burris from Washington Women's Lobby at the Nevada Women's Conference in Las Vegas (Nev.), June 17, 1977
Date
1977-06-17
Archival Collection
Description
Carol Burris from Washington Women's Lobby was the opening keynote speaker at the Nevada Women's Conference that was held in Las Vegas in 1977. Site Name: Las Vegas Convention Center
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Ledbetter, Adams
Primary Supervisor at Vegas Heights Elementary School
Primary Supervisor at Vegas Heights Elementary School
Person
Stephen Nasser oral history interview
Identifier
OH-03380
Abstract
Oral history interview with Stephen Nasser conducted by Barbara Tabach on January 17, 2018 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Nasser discusses being whisked away with his brother from their Hungarian home and sentenced to the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland at the age of 13. He also talks about moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1993; and being an international speaker, author, and educator on the Holocaust.
Archival Collection