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Photograph of a boat transporting tourists, Lake Mead, 1940s-1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Description

A group of tourists sit on a boat and ride down Lake Mead. The side of the boat reads, "Tyee", "27-H-7", and "Chris Craft."

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Photograph of fishermen with their catch, Lake Mead, 1940s-1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Description

Fishermen at Lake Mead proudly display their catch of fish. Two unidentified men look out from the windown of the boat, while four unidentified men stand and sit on top of the boat.

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Photograph of fishermen displaying their catch, Lake Mead, 1940s-1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Description

Five unidentified fisherman stand and sit of the "Tyee" boat as they proudly display the fish they caught that day at Lake Mead.

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Photograph of fisherman and his catch, Lake Mead, 1940s-1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Description

An unidentified fisherman displays one of the many fish that he caught at Lake Mead.

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Photograph of businessmen next to AiResearch plane, 1940s-1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Description

A group of businessmen standing next to an AiResearch plane. The AiResearch company built gas turbine engines. On the tail of the airplane is: "NC 56801," "AiResearch manufacturing Company," and "A division of the Garrett Corporation."

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Architectural drawing of the Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City), parking plan, fourth to eighth level plan, 1985

Date

1985

Description

Fourth to eighth level parking structure plans for the construction of the Showboat Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City from 1985. Includes revision dates and key plan. Parchment copy.
Site Name: Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ

Latest Drawing Revision: 1985-07-22

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Finder, Esther Toporek, 1953-

Esther Toporek Finder was the president and founder of Generations of the Shoah – Nevada (GS-N), an organization based in Las Vegas, Nevada for the children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors. GS-N's mission is to support local Holocaust survivors and educate community members about the Holocaust and its legacy.

Person

Aizley, Sari, 1934-2017

Sari Aizley was born January 10, 1934 in Newark, New Jersey and raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where she was in a Jewish minority. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada as a single mother who worked for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), where she also earned her undergraduate and master’s degrees. Aizley worked for the Jewish Family Services, American Civil Liberties Union, sold advertising for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and starting the memorable CLASS! Newspaper with her son, David Phillips, and her husband Paul. For 16 years, CLASS!

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