Evening view of the Las Vegas Club and Overland Hotel on Fremont Street.
Site Name: Overland Hotel
Address: East Fremont Street, Las Vegas, NV
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Daytime view of Fremont Street from the train depot circa 1955.
Site Name: Fremont Street
Address: Fremont street, Las Vegas, NV
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Gamblers playing craps. The gambler playing craps has $350 in his hand.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Gamblers at a craps table at the Gambling Nugget Gambling Hall.
Site Name: Golden Nugget Las Vegas
Address: 129 East Fremont Street
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The Helldorado Parade in front of the Overland Hotel on Main and Fremont and the Las Vegas Club. Helldorado is an annual parade that celebrates Las Vegas' western history.
Site Name: Fremont Street
Address: Fremont street, Las Vegas, NV
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The Chuck Wagon Buffet in the El Rancho Vegas with an assortment of food and an ice sculpture of a swan.
Site Name: El Rancho Vegas
Address: 2500 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Table games and slots in the El Rancho Vegas casino
Site Name: El Rancho Vegas
Address: 2500 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Site Name: El Rancho Vegas
Address: 2500 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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On the sign: 'Phil Ford & Mimi Hines, special guest star Bobby Golsboro. Stark Naked & The Car Thieves. Shango. Mills Brothers. Rhetta Hughes. The Characters. Moses & The Highbrows.'
Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino
Address: 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Oral history interview with Kevin Chung conducted by Cecelia Winchell, Stefani Evans, and Jerwin Tiu on December 18, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Kevin Chung discusses his upbringing in Southern Vietnam and how he and his family were forced to leave the country during the Vietnam War. Chung talks about his family's migration to Minnesota and how they adapted to American culture. He shares his educational background, his professional pursuits as a teacher, and the reasons he and his wife decided to move to Las Vegas. Chung reflects on the importance of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) in education with an emphasis on the arts and shares his teaching philosophy. He also gives details of his family's lives and talks about the importance of bringing together his Vietnamese and American cultures to connect the different generations of his family.
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