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Lily Teo oral history interview: transcript
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Oral history interview with Lily Teo conducted by Stefani Evans on February 7, 2022 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Lily Teo discusses her upbringing in Singapore, her education, her religious beliefs, and converting from Buddhism to Catholicism. She talks about her husband, her early married years, and what life was like as a young mother of three children. Teo shares how she started a catering business to feed construction workers and was responsible for shopping for ingredients, preparing all meals and tea, and cooking the food on site in her temporary kitchen. She talks about her children, the faiths they practice and languages they speak including English, Malay, and Mandarin, and the customs and traditions they practice, such as celebrating Lunar New Year and other holidays. Lily's daughter, Stella, sits in on the interview and expands on her mother's recollections.
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Frontier Strike rally with a union leader named "Kirklin", Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1992 April 22 (folder 1 of 1), image 22
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Fifth anniversary Frontier Strike: banquet, and rally, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1996 September 21-22 (folder 1 of 4), image 22
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Fifth anniversary Frontier Strike: banquet, and rally, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1996 September 21-22 (folder 2 of 4), image 22
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Fifth anniversary Frontier Strike: banquet, and rally, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1996 September 21-22 (folder 3 of 4), image 22
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Carl Esteban oral history interview: transcript
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Archival Collection
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Oral history interview with Carl Esteban conducted by William Bailey on December 2, 2022 for the Reflections: the Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Esteban recalls growing up in Salinas, California in a predominantly Asian community before relocating with family to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2002. As a first generation Filipino America, Esteban's mother sacrificed her life in the Philippines to become the sole person in her family to immigrate to America. Esteban received his degree in Special Education and is currently pursuing to a master's degree in the same field. Esteban is currently a special education educator at the Yvonne Atkinson-Gates Center in North Las Vegas. Throughout the interview, Esteban discusses a wide range of topics spanning from his family migration story, his early childhood, his Filipino identity, Asian stereotypes as the model minority, and how his mentors helped shape him into the person he is today.
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Architectural drawing of the Hacienda (Las Vegas), elevations, May 22, 1963
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Plans for hotel room and public area additions for the Hacienda from 1963-1965. Includes elevations for exterior walls and men's and women's rest rooms. J. L. Cusick and Associates, electrical engineers; Harold L. Epstein and Associates, structural engineers; W. L. Donley and Associates, mechanical engineers.
Site Name: Hacienda
Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV
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Photograph of Temple Beth Sholom, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 22, 2016
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Exterior of main entrance to Temple Beth Sholom. The entrance features Jerusalem stone.
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Photograph of Temple Beth Sholom, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 22, 2016
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Exterior of main entrance to Temple Beth Sholom features Jerusalem stone and the 14 foot high mahogany doors moved from the original Temple on Oakey.
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Photograph of Temple Beth Sholom, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 22, 2016
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Exterior of main entrance to Temple Beth Sholom features Jerusalem stone and the 14 foot high mahogany doors moved from the original Temple on Oakey.
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