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Photograph of Black Canyon, Hoover Dam, April 12, 1922
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Archival Collection
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Linda Hartley oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Linda Hartley conducted by Pauline Marchese on March 10, 1978 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. During the interview, the two discuss Hartley’s personal history, such as schools that she had attended and her recollection of local recreational activities. The two go on to talk about changes in crime, the environment, and briefly discuss a variety of issues at the time, including: segregated schools, prostitution, and effects of the Nevada Test Site.
Archival Collection
Roosevelt Toston oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Roosevelt Toston conducted by Claytee D. White on July 11, 2006 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Toston discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in the 1950s and his various careers at the Test Site, Bell Telephone of Nevada, as a television anchorman and cameraman, and the Convention and Visitors Authority to bring conventions to Las Vegas. He also talks about ways African American entrepreneurs might get involved in the convention business.
Archival Collection
Aerial photograph of the Hacienda resort, circa late 1950s
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Archival Collection
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Site Name: Hacienda
Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of a woman in a go-kart in front of the Hacienda sign (Las Vegas), 1967
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Archival Collection
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Site Name: Hacienda
Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of men standing outside the Frisco Grocery, Tonopah (Nev.), 1901
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Archival Collection
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Site Name: Frisco Grocery (Tonopah, Nev.)
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Photograph of men outside Gold Center Ice and Brewing Company, Gold Center (Nev.), 1900-1925
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Exchange Hotel, Beatty (Nev.), early 1900s
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Archival Collection
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Site Name: Exchange Hotel (Beatty, Nev.)
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Photograph of construction work, Hoover Dam, circa early 1930s
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Archival Collection
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