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Photograph of Mayor William Taylor signing a proclamation creating Constitution Week, North Las Vegas, Nevada, September, 24, 1964

Date

1964-09-24

Description

North Las Vegas Mayor William L. Taylor signs a proclamation designating the week of September 17-23, 1964 as Constitution Week. Mrs. Sam Amorelli is at left, Mrs. David Cotner at right, , North Las Vegas, Nevada, September, 24, 1964.

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Photograph of a document for the Boulder City 31ers, Image 1, Boulder City (Nev.), April 11, 1987

Date

1987-04-11

Description

The image of a letter from the Boulder City 31ers Club to the members regarding the 31st annual reunion on April 11, 1987.

Text

Photograph of a document for the Boulder City 31ers, Image 2, Boulder City (Nev.), April 11, 1987

Date

1987-04-11

Description

The image of the back of the letter from the Boulder City 31ers Club to the members regarding the 31st annual reunion on April 11, 1987.

Text

Photograph of the back of an announcement for Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo, Colorado Springs, Colorado, August 1960

Date

1906-08

Description

The back of an announcement for the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo featuring the Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes in Colorado Springs, Colorado decorated with two group photos. The bottom photo is the Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes.

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Photograph of the front of an announcement for Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo, Colorado Springs, Colorado, August 1960

Date

1906-08

Description

The inside of an announcement for the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo featuring the Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It has information regarding the details and lunch menu of the rodeo.

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List of celebrity information, Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, circa 1958-1962

Date

1958 to 1962

Description

A list of celebrity room reservations and arrival information for the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Written on stationary from the Freeman Company publicists Beverly Hills, California.

Mixed Content

Postcard from Gene Price (Findlay, Ohio) to the editor of the "Sands Times," January 5, 1960

Date

1960-01-05

Description

A postcard from Gene Price, the editor of "The Ohio Oil Company" to the editor of the "Sands Times" at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, requesting that he be added to the "Sands Times" mailing list.

Mixed Content

Sands Times, Christmas issue, December, 1958

Date

1958-12

Description

The Christmas 1958 issue of the "Sands Times," a promotional periodical published by the Sands Inc., in Las Vegas, Nevada. The periodical is comprised of photographs of guests and celebrities, and it highlights specific events and activities held by the Sands Hotel. The editor was Al Freeman, and the assistant editor was Ruth East.

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Lavern Cummings and Tony Midnite oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00456

Abstract

Oral history interview with Lavern Cummings and Tony Midnite conducted by Dennis McBride on August 29, 2000 for the Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project. In the interview, Cummings and Midnite discuss their work as female impersonators in Las Vegas, Nevada during the late 1960s and 1970s. They also talk about other impersonators and performance venues in Las Vegas and around the United States. They explain the distinctions between transgender and straight performers, and the perceptions of transgender and straight audience members. Other subjects Cummings and Midnite cover include their early lives and arrivals to Las Vegas, and the history of sex reassignment surgeries beginning in the 1930s.

Archival Collection

Report by Cole Fischer Rogow, Inc. to the Sands, Frontier Hotel, and the Desert Inn in Las Vegas, circa 1968

Date

1968

Description

A detailed advertising report, "1968 Creative Presentation," written by Cole Fischer Rogow, Inc. for The Sands Hotel, The Frontier Hotel, and The Desert Inn outlining a comprehensive advertising campaign in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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