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Photograph of Edwin Giles, Mount Vernon (N.Y.), August 19, 1887

Date

1887-08-19

Description

Portrait of a young Edwin Giles wearing a medal for life-saving class. Inscription reads: "Medal for life saving - Aug. 19th, 1887. Edwin Scofield Giles, lost medal at Jacksonville, I'll . Dec. 4th, 1890. Duplicate received at colorado Springs, col. April 5th, 1891."

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Biographical essay about Stephen Nasser, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Stephen Nasser's family was forced into a ghetto in Hungary, and then sent to an internment camp in 1944. He was liberated from Muhldorf in 1945.

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Kevin M. Kelly oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-01003

Abstract

Oral history interviews with Kevin M. Kelly conducted by Dennis McBride on September 08 and 22; and November 10, 2000 for the Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project. In the interviews, Kelly talks about his family and early life in Boston, Massachusetts with a focus on his Catholic upbringing. He recalls his law education, serving in the United States Army during the Vietnam War for eleven years, and discovering his sexuality in 1966 while working in the Boston City Hospital. Kelly then describes being discharged from the military due to allegations of being gay, and his family's reaction. He then recalls moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1978, where he was involved in a robbery and shooting incident with a male sex worker in 1982. Kelly goes on to recall the trial that proceed the incident and how it publicly outed him. He details how he was charged with felony sodomy and ultimately lost his job as a result of the trial. Finally, he talks about serving on a task force to investigate bias in Nevada's court system in 1992 and being honored in 1994 by the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada for his work.

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The Suicide Table at the Delta Saloon: postcard

Date

1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)

Description

From the Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367) -- The Suicide Table at the Delta Saloon in Virginia City, Nevada. Inscription with the image says, "The Delta Saloon was established in 1860. It ws most famous for its gaming rooms. On the 'Suicide Table' Bonanza kings bucked the Faro and lost as much as $38,000 on the turn of a card."

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