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Pool Association of Nevada booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Lock, Stock and Leather booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park; Photographer: Dennis McBride. Lock, Stock, and Leather booth.
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Democratic Party registration booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Gay rights, undated
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: National Organization for Women, Las Vegas Chapter Records
Box/Folder: Box 05
Archival Component
Aquiles Garcia oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Aquiles Garcia conducted by Claytee D. White on January 10 and February 20, 2015 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Garcia discusses the political atmosphere and risks of being gay in Juan Perón’s Argentina in the 1940s, Las Vegas, Nevada life in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and his dual Las Vegas careers as a dancer and a casino dealer throughout the second half of the twentieth century.
Archival Collection
Larry Cooper oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Larry Cooper conducted by Claytee D. White on March 05, 2018 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Cooper discusses his early life in Las Vegas, Nevada and growing up in the Westside. He talks about his educational experiences in Las Vegas, attending the Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical and Normal College (now University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff), and teaching mathematics. Cooper recalls his employment at Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, becoming Vice President of Emerging Markets, and relocating around the United States for work. He remembers moving back to Las Vegas in the mid-2000s, his friendship with civil rights leader Jimmy Gay, and the contributions Gay made for the African American community. Cooper describes Westside businesses, and casinos on Jackson Street. Lastly, Cooper discusses the future of the Westside.
Archival Collection
Limosine in the third annual Gay PRide parade: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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The third annual Gay Pride parade at Sunset Park. Photographer: Dennis McBride (5-8-99).
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Valley Outreach Synagogue booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Tasha Hill and a boa constrictor at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Louis Levin and Raul Mangubat at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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