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Photograph of Louis Wiener, Jr., 1941

Date

1941

Description

Louis Wiener, Jr., sitting for his official Nevada State Bar photo, was the only person who took (and passed) the State Bar examination in Clark County in 1941.

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Photograph of Louis Wiener, Jr., 1984

Date

1984

Description

Louis Wiener, Jr. shares a Las Vegas story during a Congressman Harry Reid re-election event in 1984. The pin on his shirt reads: "Congressman Harry Reid, Independent like Nevada."

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Photograph of Louis Wiener, Jr., 1980s - 1990s

Date

1980 to 1996

Description

A portrait of Louis Wiener, Jr. Louis Wiener, Jr., Valerie Wiener?s father, arrived in Las Vegas, NV, in 1931. He, like his daughter, graduated from Las Vegas High School. After graduating from the University of California/Berkeley Boalt School of Law, Louis practiced law in Las Vegas for 55 years until the day he died in 1996.

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Audio clip from interview with Louis Wiener, Jr., February 1, 1990

Date

1990-02-01

Description

Part of an interview with Louis Wiener, Jr. on February 1, 1990. In this clip, Wiener talks about how he became the attorney for Bugsy Siegel in the 1940s, and Siegel's desire to protect Wiener from criticism.

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Transcript of interviews with Louis Wiener, Jr. by Eleanor Johnson, January-February, 1990

Date

1990-01-24
1990-02-01
1990-02-09
1990-02-23

Description

In this multi-part interview, Louis Wiener, Jr. discusses coming to Las Vegas from Pittsburgh at a young age, attending Las Vegas High School and University of Nevada Reno. He attended law school at University of California at Berkeley and passed the Nevada State Bar in 1941. He established a practice, Jones, Wiener and Jones, with Bob Jones and Cliff Jones and later with Herb Jones. He had another practice with Neil Galatz and Dave Goldwater, retiring in 1988. Wiener had other business ventures that allowed him to do pro bono work as a lawyer. Wiener discusses his family, including former spouses, his children, and various aspects of his career as an attorney in Las Vegas, representing hotels in the Greenspun antitrust lawsuit, and as an attorney for Bugsy Siegel. He says of his success, "I'm just lucky. I was here at the right time and I picked the right people to help."

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Photograph of Valerie Wiener at Louis Wiener Jr. Elementary School, Las Vegas (Nev.), late 1990s - early 2000s

Date

1996 to 2005

Description

Valerie Wiener tells first-graders a whale of a tale at Louis Wiener Jr. Elementary School. She is wearing a school shirt.

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Photograph of Valerie Wiener at Louis Wiener Jr. Elementary School, Las Vegas (Nev.), late 1990s - early 2000s

Date

1996 to 2005

Description

During a visit to Louis Wiener Jr. Elementary School, Valerie Wiener talks with students about friendship choices and promises to be their friend and support them each day. She is wearing a school shirt.

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Photograph of Valerie Wiener at Louis Wiener Jr. Elementary School, Las Vegas (Nev.), late 1990s - early 2000s

Date

1996 to 2005

Description

Valerie Wiener shares a cookie and a story with first-graders during the annual birthday party, which she has sponsored at Louis Wiener, Jr. Elementary School since 1996. Wiener is wearing a school shirt.

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Photograph of Valerie Wiener at Louis Wiener Jr. Elementary School, Las Vegas (Nev.), late 1990s - early 2000s

Date

1996 to 2005

Description

Since 1996, Valerie Wiener has sponsored an annual birthday party at Louis Wiener Jr. Elementary School. Pictured with second-graders, she listens to them as they share their heartfelt stories. Wiener is wearing a school shirt.

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Handwritten list of stores and businesses owned by Jews in Las Vegas, Nev. in the 1940s, by Michael S. Mack, 2015

Date

2015

Archival Collection

Description

This document is a listing of Jewish-owned businesses in Las Vegas and Southern Nevada across all sectors including retail, restaurants, hotels and gaming, as remembered by Michael Mack.

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