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Norma de la Cerna Tolbert oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02886

Abstract

Oral history interview with Norma de la Cerna Tolbert conducted by Claytee D. White on June 25, 2013 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Tolbert discusess her career as a professional dancer from the age of fifteen. She begins by describing her early childhood in Houston, Texas, moving to Chicago, Illinois where she began to study dance, and leaving home at fifteen years old to go to Atlantic City, New Jersey to dance in professional productions. Tolbert then discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1955, performing at the Moulin Rouge, and living in the Berkley Square community where they built new housing for the dancers. She also discusses performing at the Dunes Hotel and Casino, the African American community of Las Vegas, and the closing of the Moulin Rouge.

Archival Collection

Don T. Walker Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00280

Abstract

The Don T. Walker Photograph Collection (1900-1995) is comprised of black-and-white and color photographs taken by or belonging to Las Vegas photographer and Nevada historian Don Travis Walker. The photographs taken by Walker include ghost towns in Nevada, Arizona, and California, as well as a series on Phil Benson, editor and publisher of the Southern Nevada Times. Other items in the collection include photographs taken by other people related to the Moulin Rouge Hotel in Las Vegas, various photographs of historic sites in Nevada, and a program from the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society for its "Moulin Rouge: History in the Making" exhibition.

Archival Collection

Photograph of dancers in Donn Arden productions, Hollywood (Calif.), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

Promotional photos of dancers who performed in Donn Arden productions at Frank Sennes' Moulin Rouge in Hollywood, California. Printed on the bottom of the photos: "Frank Sennes' Moulin Rouge - The Showplace of America - Hollywood, California." Site Name: Moulin Rouge (Hollywood, Calif.)

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Photograph of dancers in Donn Arden productions, Hollywood (Calif.), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

Six promotional photos of dancers in Donn Arden productions at Frank Sennes' Moulin Rouge in Hollywood, California. Printed on the bottom of the photos: "Frank Sennes' Moulin Rouge - The Showplace of America - Hollywood, California." Site Name: Moulin Rouge (Hollywood, Calif.)

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Photographs of dancers in Donn Arden productions, Hollywood (Calif.), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

Five promotional photos of dancers in Donn Arden productions at Frank Sennes' Moulin Rouge in Hollywood, California. Printed on the bottom of the photos: "Frank Sennes' Moulin Rouge Hollywood, California." Partial credit for creating the images goes to Constantine. Site Name: Moulin Rouge (Hollywood, Calif.)

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Willie Thompson oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03650

Abstract

Oral history interview with Willie Thompson conducted by Claytee D. White on November 25, 2019 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Thompson discusses his early life in Tulsa, Oklahoma and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1995. Thompson recalls the Doolittle Senior Center, the Moulin Rouge Hotel and Casino, and his involvement in the Martin Luther King Jr. parade. Lastly, Thompson talks about volunteering with the Mirage Reading Program.

Archival Collection