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Lisha and Tyrone Love oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Lisha and Tyrone Love conducted by Claytee D. White on November 16, 2019 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Lisha talks about arriving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1965 and growing up in the Westside. She remembers the Moulin Rouge, churches in the Westside, and becoming a debutante with Les Femmes Douz. Tyrone describes businesses on the Westside during the late 1970s, and becoming a card dealer. Lastly, Lisha and Tyrone discuss the redevelopment of the Westside.
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Photograph of dancers, Hollywood (Calif.), 1950s
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Herb Tobman oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Herb Tobman conducted by Deborah Fischer on March 13, 1981 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview Herb Tobman talks about moving to Las Vegas, Nevada while working for Standard Oil as a tire, battery and accessory salesman, then working for the Moulin Rouge as the general manager in 1955. He gives a description of the hotels on Las Vegas Boulevard and downtown. Tobman then discusses the types of gambling that were popular. He also talks about the accommodations, transportation, entertainment, and the economy.
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