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Postcard of the Museum of Memories, Virginia City (Nev.), January 3, 1938
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Description
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Social Security Act of 1936 and Railroad Retirement Act, 1938-1951
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 150 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Julie McDonald interview, March 14, 1981: transcript
Date
Archival Collection
Description
On March 14, 1981, Michael Richardson interviewed Julie McDonald (b. 1945 in Torrance, California) about her childhood and life in Las Vegas, Nevada. McDonald shares her first impressions of Las Vegas, her schooling and the location of residential areas. Throughout the interview, McDonald also goes into detail concerning her occupations at the Guild Theatre, her secretarial work at Nellis Air Force Base, her singing career and being a “21” dealer. McDonald discusses the changes in the gaming industry, particularly the incorporation of women dealers, the use of the silver dollar and the requirements for dealers. McDonald ends by discussing housing, major happenings within Las Vegas, recreation as a kid and mass media in early Las Vegas.
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#58518: Swain, Julie (Dr), 1990 July 16
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (1990s)
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Fourth of July parade, Tonopah, 1903 July 04
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Tonopah-Goldfield Mining Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 01
Archival Component
Julie Brinkerhoff-Jacobs oral history interview
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Abstract
Oral history interview with Julie Brinkerhoff-Jacobs conducted by Stefani Evans on September 30, 2016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. Brinkerhoff-Jacobs talks about her childhood in Southern California and Europe, the history of Lifescapes International, how she came into the business, and how the company came to do most of the major projects on Las Vegas, Nevada Strip as well as other Clark County locations.
Archival Collection
"Photographic Record of Storm Damage to Main Line and Branches" by the Union Pacific Railroad, Los Angeles Division photograph album, 1938
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
Materials depict the Union Pacific Railroad Company's railroad tracks that had been damaged during floods in February and March of 1938 in Southern California and Southern Nevada, including by the Los Angeles Flood of 1938. The photographs primarily depict washed out tracks, damaged bridges, and debris.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Photographs
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes at Grover Whalen's house, New York, 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Image
Photograph of Howard Hughes at Grover Whalen's house, New York, 1938
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Archival Collection
Description
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Photograph of Howard Hughes at Grover Whalen's house, New York, 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
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