Skip to main content

Search the Special Collections and Archives Portal

Search Results

Display    Results Per Page
Displaying results 781 - 790 of 1388

Winnie Prince oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03615

Abstract

Oral history interview with Winnie Prince conducted by Irene Rostine on May 18, 1995 for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) Las Vegas Women Oral History Project. Prince opens her interview by discussing her history in Las Vegas, Nevada, which began when she moved to the city in 1942. Prince describes her husband's experiences living in a Las Vegas tent city, and her life in St. George, Utah prior to her move to Las Vegas. She also talks about her brief employment at the Basic Magnesium plant just before the end of World War II. Prince discusses her job responsibilities at the plant, and the importance of accuracy in her job as a shell casting inspector. Lastly, she describes her husband's job as a guard at the Basic Magnesium plant and the ways rationing affected daily life, including commuting to work and feeding her family.

Archival Collection

Photograph of men at a railroad survey camp, Las Vegas (Nev.), February, 1902

Date

1902-02

Description

Photograph of men at a railroad survey camp, Las Vegas (Nev.), February, 1902

Image

Photograph of Jumbo Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

Unknown year in the decade of the 1900s

Description

Photograph of Jumbo Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

Image

Photograph of Rockwell family, Panguitch Lake, Utah, circa late 1920s

Date

1927 to 1929

Description

Mrs. Leon Rockwell (Bessie), Lottie Rockwell, and Jenie Henderson at Panguitch Lake.

Image

Photograph of men with ore sacks at Round Mountain (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Photograph of men with ore sacks at Round Mountain (Nev.), early 1900s

Image

Photograph of mining operations, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

Description

Caption: Key reads: 1 Combination, 2 Mill Foundations, 3 January Lease, 4 Goldfield

Image