Oral history interview with Laurents Bañuelos-Benitez conducted by Rodrigo Vazquez and Barbara Tabach on June 16, 2021 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Laurents is a Las Vegas native, graduate of Clark High School, and son of Mexican and Salvadoran immigrants. He is currently an English teacher at Rancho High School and was a former student worker on the Latinx Voices project.
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A group photo of the Las Vegas Volunteer Fire Department in Las Vegas, Nevada. Description provided with image: "Top row, l-r: Jimmy (Jimmie?) Downs, Ray Nealy, Roy Neagle (Nagley?), Shorty Debrink, Harry Jameson, Leon Rockwell, Harold Case, Earl Rockwell (self), Percy Shellenberger, Archie Mellot, Jimmy Adams, Henry Kampling, Gene Parks, Tom Lake, Bill Trelease, Horace Taylor."
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A group photo of the Las Vegas Volunteer Fire Department in Las Vegas, Nevada. Description provided with image: "Back row, sitting on truck: Ray Nealy, Jimmie Downs, Shorty DeBrink, Harry Jameson, Henry Kampling. Stand of back step: Roy Neagle (Nagley?). Standing: Bill Trelease, RER (Earl Rockwell), Gene Parks, Leon R. (Rockwell), Harold Case, Horace Taylor, Jimmy Adams, Percy Scholenberger (Shellenberger?), Tom Lake. Driver seat: Archie Mellot, Al Conger."
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