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Ly, Brendan, 1973-
Born in Da Nang, Vietnam, in 1973, Brendan Ly was one of seven children. Because his father fought with the Americans, the family was in danger daily. They escaped by boat in 1978-79 to a refugee camp in Hong Kong, then to Raleigh, North Carolina, for one year and finally to San Jose, California, where Brendan grew up. From the time he was eight years old, Brendan contributed to the family income picking fruit and vegetables in the summers and doing back-of-the-house labor in catering and retail.
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Private home, menu, July 21
Date
1870 to 1933
Archival Collection
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Note: No year on menu. At one point in time this location was the residence of Baron de Reuter. Border, resembling lace, die-cut to follow shape of decorative embossing Location: 18 Kensington Palace Gardens, London, England
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The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, August 20, 1970
Date
1970-08-20
Archival Collection
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Newsletter issued by the Las Vegas Rotary Club
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Transcript of interview with Dorothy Lee by Claytee D. White, June 02, 2016
Date
2016-06-02
Archival Collection
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Dorothy Ann Lee (née Damrow) was born in 1941 in New Jersey. Her family came to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1946 in an effort to improve her father’s health but chose to stay after she and her sister contracted chicken pox during the trip. She attended John S. Park Elementary School and Las Vegas High School. She moved around the city of Las Vegas a number of times during her childhood before settling in the Huntridge neighborhood with her mother in 1950. She worked for the Huntridge Theater during her high school years. She was also a member of the Rhythmettes, Las Vegas High School’s dance troupe, for three years and performed all over the United States during her time with them. After high school, Lee attended the University of Illinois until she met her future husband and dropped out. She lived in Chicago for six months before she and Danny Lee moved back to Las Vegas to get married. They married in 1960 at the Little Church of the West. The couple had four children together.
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