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Stefani Evans oral history interview: transcript

Date

2017-11-21

Description

Oral history interview with Stefani Evans conducted by Claytee D. White and Barbara Tabach on November 21, 2017 for the Remembering 1 October Oral History Project. In this interview, Stefani Evans discusses how she moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1980 with her husband and her feelings associated with the city, especially after the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting. She describes in detail how she found out about the traumatic event as well as her experience of waiting all day to donate blood on October 2, 2017, the day after the shooting. Mostly, Evans explains with emphasis the good of humanity that she witnessed during the aftermath of that tragedy.

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Photograph of the neon sign of the Thunderbird Hotel (Las Vegas), 1948

Date

1948

Description

The neon sign of the Thunderbird Hotel.
Site Name: Thunderbird Hotel
Address: 2755 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of the neon sign in front of the Aladdin (Las Vegas), 1966

Date

1966

Description

Statue and neon sign in front of the Aladdin.
Site Name: Aladdin Hotel
Address: 3667 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV

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Photograph of a scale model of the Riviera Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), 1955

Date

1955

Description

Scale model of the Riviera Hotel and Casino.
Site Name: Riviera Hotel and Casino
Address: 2901 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of the assembly of the Sands Hotel porte-cochère (Las Vegas), 1967

Date

1967

Description

A crane lifting the canopy of the Sands Hotel porte-cochère.
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of neon signs in front of the Aladdin (Las Vegas), 1976

Date

1976

Description

Nighttime view of neon signs in front of the Aladdin Hotel and Casino.
Site Name: Aladdin Hotel
Address: 3667 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV

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Photograph of an entrance sign to the Sahara casino (Las Vegas), circa 1980s

Date

1980 to 1989

Description

Outdoor sign marking the casino entrance for the Sahara.
Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino
Address: 2535 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Postcard of the front exterior of the Boulder Club (Las Vegas), 1945

Date

1945

Description

Color postcard of the front exterior of the Boulder Club at night with its neon signs and marquee lit.
Site Name: Boulder Club
Address: 118 East Fremont Street

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Photograph of the Dunes Hotel tower (Las Vegas), circa 1980s

Date

1980 to 1989

Description

View of the Dunes Hotel tower in the 1980s.
Site Name: Dunes Hotel
Address: 3650 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV

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