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Loretta K. Wait oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Loretta K. Wait conducted by Brian Nicoll on March 10, 1981 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Wait discusses her personal history and the life of her father, Oscar G. Logan. Wait begins by describing her father's move to Nevada after serving in the military in the early twentieth century, Logan meeting his wife in Tonopah, Nevada, and how he worked at the ammunition storage depot in Hawthorne, Nevada as a carpenter. She then describes his eventual move to Las Vegas, Nevada and his carpentry work on the Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam). Wait continues, listing her father's business partnerships and other construction projects he was involved in. She concludes by talking about life in Las Vegas, her education, working at the Nevada Test Site, and observing an unidentified flying object.
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Transcript of interview with Harvey N. Dondero by Elizabeth N. Patrick, August 9, 1984
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Photograph of Beatty Garage, Beatty (Nev.), 1937-1938
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Black Mill in Iron Canyon, Nevada: photographic print
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.B. Coombs Family.The mill was manufactured by a man named Black in Bishop, California.
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Close-up of Ruby Kepplinger Moore: photographic print
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.E. Moore Family. Notice the marcel hair style, which was set with hot irons.
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Mayme Hooper holding her sister's daughter Lilly on Easter Sunday: photographic print
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.C. Hooper Family. An Easter egg hunt is taking place in the background.
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