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Street map of the city of Las Vegas & vicinity, showing streets, main roads and recreation areas, 1954
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Countess, Jerome D.
Jerome Countess was born on December 22, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York. His mother raised him as a single mother, making ends meet with her job in a clothing factory. Countess's father rarely held a job, and his mother divorced him when Countess was three-years-old. Countess grew up in the borough's Jewish neighborhood, and he developed a reputation for being a skillful handball player and a great dancer.
Person
Duncan, Ruby, 1932-
Ruby Duncan was born in Tallulah, Louisiana on June 7, 1932. Her parents passed away when Duncan was three years old and she spent the remainder of her youth living with various relatives in and around Tallulah. Duncan started work at the Ivory Plantation at an early age, only going to school part-time. She quit school to work full-time as a waitress and later a barmaid. Duncan left Tallulah for Las Vegas, Nevada in 1952 to live with her aunt near Henderson, Nevada.
Person
Trenier, Claude
Claude Oliver Trenier was born in Mobile, Alabama on July 14, 1919. Claude and his twin brother, Clifton, were the lead members of The Treniers, a blues/rock'n'roll group in the 1950s. He died in 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Person
Craddock, Nancy Lee, 1922-
Nancy Craddock was born February 25, 1922. She was married to Dr. John Craddock and moved to Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada with him in 1952. She built her home in the Twin Lakes area in Las Vegas and was a medical lab technician at Sunrise Hospital.
Person
Newspaper article, Pioneer Las Vegan Sees Town Grow, Las Vegas Sun, February 9, 1965
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Archival Collection
Description
Newspaper article featuring Lucretia Stevens. She moved to Las Vegas in 1923 when the town was about six blocks square and about 60 people made up the black community.
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Evaluation by Roosevelt Fitzgerald of Elmer Rusco's Good Time Coming: Black Nevadans in the Nineteenth Century: unpublished manuscript
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Archival Collection
Description
From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Unpublished manuscripts file.
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Magazines and Programs: American Legion magazine, "Las Vegas Golden Boy: The Hottest Personality on the Nevada Desert is Lucky Wilbur Clark," December 1953; Program, Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn Country Club First Annual Tournament of Champions, 1953 April 23-26; "Fabulous Las Vegas," 1951-08-11; "Desert Inn Country Club News," 1959-08-22; "Nevada Life," 1945 September; "The Las Vegan," 1951, 1945-1959
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Wilbur and Toni Clark Papers
Box/Folder: Box 1
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