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Biographical essay about Stephen Nasser, 2014
Date
2014
Archival Collection
Description
Stephen Nasser's family was forced into a ghetto in Hungary, and then sent to an internment camp in 1944. He was liberated from Muhldorf in 1945.
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Photograph of the Copa Girls peforming in black costumes with long red gloves and tiaras, Las Vegas, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Several Copa Girls perform onstage at the Sands Hotel wearing black leotards with a heart-shaped jeweled inset and black feather train, long red gloves, and tiaras. Audience members are seen in the foreground at their tables watching the show.
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
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Postcard of mule team, Belleville, Nevada, 1880s
Date
1880 to 1889
Archival Collection
Description
Sixteen mule team hauling fifteen cords of wood on one wagon to ore mill at Belleville, Nevada. Water barrel lashed to front of wagon, mule skinner riding wheel horse. The team is controlled by a jerk-line, a single line lead by a trained lead horse or mule.
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