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Transcript of interview with Robert Paluzzi by Claytee White, September 5, 2006

Date

2006-09-05

Description

Claytee White interviews Robert Paluzzi on September 5, 2006.

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Transcript of interview with Christopher Phipps by Dennis McBride, November 6, 1998

Date

1998-11-06

Description

Christopher Phipps, attorney in Las Vegas discusses his life. Hailing from Honolulu, Hawaii, and his adventure that led him to Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Photographs of Rabbi Bradley Tecktiel, circa 2016

Date

2015 to 2017

Description

Portraits of Rabbi Bradley Tecktiel of Midbar Kodesh Temple in Henderson, Nevada.

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Photograph of Bill Tomiyasu and his children standing in his lettuce patch, Las Vegas, 1923

Date

1923

Description

Kiyo, Bill, and Nanyu Tomiyasu in their lettuce field.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Tomiyasu Farm, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1923. Lettuce patch. L-R: Kiyo, Bill, and Nanyu Tomiyasu. Pioneering farmer Bill Tomiyasu provided much of the fresh vegetables for the Las Vegas and the surrounding area from the 1910s to the 1940s. (Kiyo and Nanyu were his children."

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Photograph of Native American workers on the Tomiyasu farm, Las Vegas, circa 1920's

Date

1920 (year approximate)

Description

Native American workers on the Tomiyasu farm in Las Vegas.

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Photograph of Bill Tomiyasu and children standing in his wheat field, Las Vegas, circa 1925

Date

1925 (year approximate)

Description

Bill, Kiyu, and Nanyu Tomiyasu in their wheat field looking northwest

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Wheat fields on the Tomiyasu property, west side of Pecos Road (c. 1925) Bill Tomiyasu with his sons Kiyo and Nanyu (standing in front)"

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Photograph of flooding at the Clark Avenue Railroad Underpass in Las Vegas, circa 1950

Date

1950 (year approximate)

Description

Flooding at the Clark Avenue Railroad Underpass in Las Vegas.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "Clark Underpass, Built 1924"

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Photograph of the flooded Charleston Underpass, Las Vegas, before 1960

Date

open start to 1960

Description

Flooding in Las Vegas at the Charleston Underpass.

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Photograph of grade near Kiel Ranch, circa 1906

Date

1906 (year approximate)

Archival Collection

Description

Grading for a rail line near Kiel Ranch.

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Photographs and descriptions of an artesian well in the northwest corner of Clark County (Nevada), May 10, 1924

Date

1924-05-22

Archival Collection

Description

Photographs with captions of an artesian well in Las Vegas

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