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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), August 26, 1930
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Archival Collection
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Letter outlining the procedure for a one-time purchase of bulk drinking water on the St. Thomas line.
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Letter from W. R. Armstrong (Los Angeles) to E. E. Cunningham, June 19, 1930
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Archival Collection
Description
The sale of drinking water to the residents of the Moapa Valley were on a case by case basis.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles) July 25, 1928
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Archival Collection
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Walter R. Bracken of the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. approved of Knickerbocker's decision for the Union Pacific Railroad to provide Bishop Earl with water from Overton.
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Architectural drawing of Sahara Hotel Convention Center (Las Vegas), ground and pavilion floor plan, March 22, 1967
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Archival Collection
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Architectural plans for the Sahara Hotel Convention Center from 1967. Includes revisions, notes, and banquet room capacities. Printed on mylar. Berton Charles Severson, architect; Brian Walter Webb, architect; Masyoshi Tokubo, delineator.
Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino
Address: 2535 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Architectural drawing of Sands Hotel (Las Vegas), additions and alterations, partial first floor plan, August 3, 1964
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Archival Collection
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Architectural plans for additions and alterations to The Sands. Includes general floor plan notes, key plan, revisions, and symbol legend. Printed on mylar. Berton Charles Severson, architect; Brian Walter Webb, architect; J. Rock, delineator.
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Transcript of interview with LaVerne Ligon, BJ Thomas, and Leonard Polk conducted by Claytee D. White, July 9, and July 18, 2012
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Archival Collection
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LaVerne Ligon was born in 1942 in Washington D.C. Around the age of nine, she started dancing at the Jones-Haywood School of Ballet, which started her career in dance. She took her first job as a professional dancer when she was eighteen with the Capitol Ballet Company. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1973. In 1974, she successfully auditioned for a touring cast of Hello, Dolly! After completing that show, Ligon performed in a number of productions in Las Vegas, including Hallelujah Hollywood and Jubilee. She retired from dancing in the early 1980s after sustaining an injury and she opened the Simba Talent Agency, a dance school for at-risk youth. She also worked for Family Services, but is now retired. She continues to work on projects with the Simba Talent Agency. BJ Thomas was born in 1935 in Plain Dealing, Louisiana. He moved to Las Vegas in 1968 after working for the Post Office in San Francisco. He worked a number of jobs for two years before beginning to pursue work as a stage hand. Thomas worked for shows at the Tropicana and Caesars Palace. He is currently retired. Leonard Polk Jr. was born in 1948 in Monroe, Louisiana. He and his mother moved to Las Vegas in 1949 when he was just two months old. His father worked on the Hoover Dam. Polk grew up in West Las Vegas and remembers the movement to integrate the schools in the city. As a young adult, he joined the Marines and served a tour of duty in Vietnam. Polk began to work for shows in Las Vegas after he finished his military career. He worked for the Aladdin Baghdad Theater and for the MGM Grand Hotel. He is currently retired, but remains active with the First African Methodist Episcopal Church.
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