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Photographs of Ron Lurie presenting awards and proclamations, 1973-1985
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Archival Collection
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Group of photographs of Ron Lurie during his time as Las Vegas City Councilman presenting proclamations, award certificates and plaques to members of the community.
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Photographs of Ron Lurie at social and sporting events as a City Council member, 1973-1985
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Archival Collection
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Group of photographs showing Councilman Ron Lurie participating in social and sporting events with community members.
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Photographs of Ron Lurie at work as a City Council Member, 1973-1985
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Archival Collection
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Photographs of Ron Lurie in his City Hall office.
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Photographs of Ron Lurie at meetings and special events, 1973-1985
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Archival Collection
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Group of photographs showing City Councilman Ron Lurie at events and meetings in Las Vegas.
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Photographs of Ron Lurie giving awards and proclamations, and at meetings as city council member, 1977-1983
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Archival Collection
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Group of photographs of Ron Lurie during his tenure as Las Vegas City Council Member, 1977-1983. These photographs show Lurie giving awards to members of the community, and at meetings with constituents and colleagues.
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Photographs of Ron Lurie at community events as a city council member, 1977-1983
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Archival Collection
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Group of photographs showing Ron Lurie at community events as a city council member, 1977-1983. Events include community clean up projects, gardening, and ground breaking ceremonies.
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Photographs of Ron Lurie at social events, and portraits, 1977-1983
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Archival Collection
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Group of photographs and portraits of Ron Lurie as city council member, 1977-1983. Images include Ron Lurie posing with colleagues or at special events.
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Photographs of Ron Lurie as City Commissioner at events and presentations, 1979-1981 and undated
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Archival Collection
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Group of photographs of Commissioner Ron Lurie at events, and presenting awards, plaques, and proclamations to citizens and friends of the City of Las Vegas. This group of images includes many photographs of Lurie with Mayor Bill Briare, and with notable Las Vegans including Woodrow Wilson and Ruby Duncan. There are also several images of the installation of a traffic light at an intersection.
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Correspondence and photographs of Ron Lurie as Mayor of Las Vegas at events and presentations, 1990
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Archival Collection
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Photographs and correspondence document the events and presentations of Ron Lurie during his time as Mayor of the City of Las Vegas. Events include ribbon cuttings and ground breaking ceremonies.
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Transcript of interview with Herb Jeffries by Cork Procter, May 5, 2009
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Archival Collection
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Herb Jeffries, a renaissance man, loved life and lived it well. A consummate professional, Jeffries excelled as a singer, actor, businessman, and lover of the finer things in life. He appreciated good literature, art, culturally-diverse food selections, freedom, and worthwhile conversation. The pioneering black singing cowboy, was born Umberto Valentino in Detroit, Michigan on September 24, 1913. His career as an entertainer began as a teenager in Chicago, singing with Earl “Fatha” Hines. Next came the movie career and then back to the stage in 1939 with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. By the early 1950s, he had moved to France and opened a popular jazz club in Paris and another in southern France. According to this interview, these clubs drew “beautiful people” from all over the world. Jeffries’ career moved from performances in the American South restricted to tobacco warehouse and black-only movies theatres to starring in numerous movies leading ultimately to a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The most famous of his five wives was Tempest Storm the burlesque star and motion picture actress. Herb Jeffries made his transition, leaving behind his fifth wife, at 100 years of age on May 25, 2014.
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