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Photograph of Sam Gay, circa mid 1900s
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Archival Collection
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Southern Nevada NAMES Project information packet
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Archival Collection
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David and Iris Torjman oral history interview
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Oral history interview with David and Iris Torjman conducted by Barbara Tabach on November 12, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Iris discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada from the Bronx in New York and meeting her husband. David discusses being a Jewish educator for Temple Beth Sholom. David also talks about working as a card dealer and investing in land.
Archival Collection
Joeseph L. Haughaboo oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Joeseph L. Haughaboo conducted by James F. Haughaboo on April 01, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. The two discuss Haughaboo’s personal family history, his occupational history, and Mr. Haughaboo’s observations of Las Vegas city life since he moved to the state in 1953.
Archival Collection
Juan Saa oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Juan Saa conducted by David G. Schwartz on November 21, 2016 for the Slot Operations Oral History Project. Saa discusses his start in the technical side and his eventual move into an operational role in the casino industry. He talks about his experience as a director, specifically the responsibilities involved, and the type of staff being supervised. Saa then describes what he believes are the biggest changes in the slot industry, specifically with ticket-in, ticket-out (TITO); and slot analysis.
Archival Collection
"Our History": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
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Archival Collection
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From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On the need for more Black history courses.
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Crowd watching performaces at Gay Pride, image 001: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Gay Pride 1998 at Sunset Park. Photographer: Dennis McBride. (4-25-98)
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Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce event photographs, promotional videos, digitized oral history interviews from Ralph Roske's Local History Project, digitized photographs of 1950s-1960s Las Vegas, 2007 to 2013
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
Archival Component
Dennis McBride holding a boa constrictor at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park. Dennis McBride with boa.
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