Site where the Berlin Wall was recently taken down. Memorial crosses are pictured honoring those who died trying to escape from East Germany. Berlin, Germany 1989.
A group of protestors from the Lenten Desert Experience at the Federal Building in Las Vegas, protesting nuclear testing and the Nevada Test Site. January 27, 1986. (colored print available)
A table of players in the Horseshoe Casino's Seventh World Series of Poker playing an intense game, thinking about their next move. Site Name: Horseshoe Club (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Proposed plan for a remodel of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino from 1965. Original medium: pencil on parchment. Harold L. Epstein, structural engineer; J. L. Cusick and Associates, electrical engineers; W. L. Donley and Associates, mechanical engineers. Site Name: Frontier Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Robert Elmer Friedrichs was born July 8, 1943, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Robert married Nancy on May 20, 1998, and they had one child together with two children from Nancy's previous marriage: Shaun (son), Gerry (stepson), and Michael (stepson).
Friedrichs obtained an associate of science degree (1973) and bachelor of science degree (1976) in Radiologic Technology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. In 1984, Friedrichs obtained Master of Business Administration (MMBA) from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
William Carl Geagley was a civilian observer at the Nevada Test Site during Operation Plumbbob from June 8, 1957 to June 30, 1957. Born July 21, 1890, Geagley graduated from Michigan State College in 1913 with a B.S. in Sciences and Agriculture. A high school science and agriculture teacher, he later worked as a chemical researcher and Chief of the Clinical Laboratory Division of the Michigan Department of Agriculture. In the 1950s he was appointed as a regional Civil Defense Coordinator for the Lansing, MI area.
Dr. Jacob Paz was born November 14, 1938 and grew up in an agricultural environment in Israel where he attended Kadoorie High School. After his graduation, Paz joined the Israeli army. He attended technical school for two years and started working for the Israel Atomic Energy commission in Dimona, Israel, making atomic bombs. Paz was accepted into University of California Davis, and moved to the United States to study veterinary medicine.