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Photograph of Ron Lurie with a group at a groundbreaking event (possibly for McCarran Airport), 1983
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Note with photograph: This Material is Sent to You Courtesy of the Folks at McCarran International Airport (Las Vegas, Nev.), with business card from James J. Balk Community Relations Director; stamped Received September 22, 10:25AM, 1983
Leila Walker Gregory Papers
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The Leila Walker Gregory Papers (1920-1979) consists of newspaper clippings and handwritten notes regarding the murder of Reed Walker, Leila's second husband who was Chief Building Inspector for Las Vegas, Nevada. Included are also notes and Mormon genealogy information on Leila and her third husband, Arthur Gregory, Gregory's diplomas, and correspondence.
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Photograph of Walker R. Young, Hoover Dam, March 3, 1933
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Barbara Tabach, Las Vegas (Nev.), August 04, 2016
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Archival Collection
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Barbara Tabach, coordinator for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University Libraries, Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project photographed in her Lied Library office.
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Wallerstein, Harry
Harry Wallerstein (?-1971) was a Las Vegas, Nevada businessman who owned Tinch Furniture on South Main Street with Max Goot. Wallerstein served as president of Temple Beth Sholom from 1963 to 1964 and helped come up with the idea of holding a gin rummy tournament sponsored by local casinos to raise money for the temple.
"Former leader of LV Jewish community Wallerstein dies." Las Vegas Sun. July 2, 2003. Accessed July 25, 2016.
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Perchetti, Minnie, 1920-
Minnie Perchetti was born on June 26, 1920 in Tonopah, Nevada to Yugoslavian parents. She married Tony Perchetti in June 1937 in Hawthorne, Nevada when she was seventeen. She lived in Manhattan, Nevada for a brief period before returning to Tonopah. Her father, brothers, and husband worked in the Belmont and Mizpah mines in Tonopah. As of 2020, Minnie Perchetti lives in Tonopah, Nevada.
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