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Photograph showing an aerial view of Lake Mead, Hoover Dam, and the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge under construction, Nevada-Arizona border, June 30, 2009
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Archival Collection
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Architectural drawing of the Hacienda (Las Vegas), revisions for 700 and 900 Wings as per Fred Clark, September 10, 1957
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Archival Collection
Description
Plans for the construction of a 266 room addition for the Hacienda.
Site Name: Hacienda
Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Architectural drawing of the Hacienda (Las Vegas), revised elevator lobby plans, stair details, fireman's auxiliary scuttle and employee toilet elevations, circa September 1957
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Archival Collection
Description
Plans for the construction of a 266 room addition for the Hacienda.
Site Name: Hacienda
Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Architectural drawing of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), room details, reconstruction and additions, October 12, 1960
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Archival Collection
Description
Plan for reconstruction and additions for the New Frontier in 1960.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Audio recording clip of interview with Ruth Eppenger D'Hondt by Claytee D. White, August 25, 2011, and July 9, 2012
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Archival Collection
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Part of an interview Ruth Eppenger D'Hondt conducted by Claytee D. White on August 25, 2011. D'Hondt shares memories of her parents' restaurant.
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Dorothy Wright oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Dorothy Wright conducted by Claytee Wright on April 23, 2015 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Wright opens her interview by discussing her parents and their upbringings. She then describes her father's time in the Marines during World War II and his death a few years later. Wright then talks about her stepfather and her family's move to Las Vegas, Nevada for her stepfather's job at the Nevada Test Site. Wright describes moving away from Las Vegas to attend college in Washington and, returning to Las Vegas in 1968. She talks about attending the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, working for the Nevada Humanities Committee, and active African American civic groups in the 1970s. Wright ends the interview highlighting some of the major Las Vegas projects she wrote grants for including the Neon Museum and the Welcome to Las Vegas Sign.
Archival Collection
Lily Teo oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Lily Teo conducted by Stefani Evans on February 7, 2022 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project.
Lily Teo discusses her upbringing in Singapore, her education, her religious beliefs, and converting from Buddhism to Catholicism. She talks about her husband, her early married years, and what life was like as a young mother of three children. Teo shares how she started a catering business to feed construction workers and was responsible for shopping for ingredients, preparing all meals and tea, and cooking the food on site in her temporary kitchen. She talks about her children, the faiths they practice and languages they speak including English, Malay, and Mandarin, and the customs and traditions they practice, such as celebrating Lunar New Year and other holidays. Lily's daughter, Stella, sits in on the interview and expands on her mother's recollections.
Archival Collection
